The occurence of the same sound at the beginning if adjacent or closely connected words

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text

A story/ narrative in poetic form

The repetition of cononant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.

The authors specific word choice

This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any puntuation and continues onto the next line

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connection

A word that sounds like what it means

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connection words , such s "like", or "as"

A ubified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

An object or action that means something more tasn its literal meaning

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader

The attitude the poems narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character ; serious, humerous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, etc

the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines

the repetition of a word or words at the end of successive phrases phrases, clauses, or lines

A strong pause or stop within a line of poetry usually occurs in the middle of the line of poetry

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Term	Definition
Alliteration	The occurence of the same sound at the beginning if adjacent or closely connected words
Allusion	A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art
Assonance	The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text
Ballad	A story/ narrative in poetic form
Consonance	The repetition of cononant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.
Diction	The authors specific word choice
Enjambment	This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any puntuation and continues onto the next line
Free Verse	Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter
Metaphor	a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connection
onomatopeia	A word that sounds like what it means
Rythm	The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged
simile	a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connection words , such s "like", or "as"
Stanza	A ubified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
Symbol	An object or action that means something more tasn its literal meaning
Theme	The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader
Tone	The attitude the poems narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character ; serious, humerous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, etc
Verse	A single line of poetry
Anaphora	the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Personification	giving objects human abilities
Epistrophe	the repetition of a word or words at the end of successive phrases phrases, clauses, or lines
Caesura	A strong pause or stop within a line of poetry usually occurs in the middle of the line of poetry

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