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Poetic Techniques
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word |
| Allusion | A reference to another text, song, work of art, or historical event within a poem or story |
| Couplet | A pair of rhyming lines in a poem that usually share one idea |
| Figurative Language | Language where the writer conveys meaning in unexpected ways and through the use of unusual comparisons. Words have a meaning different from their literal meaning. |
| Hyperbole | An exaggerated expression used for dramatic or comic effect |
| Idiom | A figure of speech that cannot be taken literally |
| Imagery | Language that describes something using words to create a sensory image |
| Irony | When something happens that is the opposite of what is expected |
| Metaphor | Compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as" |
| Meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and a poem |
| Onomatopoeia | A word that mimics the sound it represents |
| Oxymoron | A contradiction in terms |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to animals or inanimate non-living things |
| Rhymes | Two or more words with the same or similar sounds |
| Rhyme scheme | The pattern of the rhyme in a poem (For example, ABAB, ABCB, etc.) |
| Simile | Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| Stanzas | A division or section of a poem (Like paragraphs in prose) |
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