Using words to create vivid images of the setting in a play. Writers use this to help the readers better understand the setting.

Giving something that's not human human characteristics.

Figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common.

A version of a metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.

The comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

When a series of words begin with the same constant sound.

A word that imitates a sound of an object.

an implied or indirect reference to something outside of the story

Statements that are over exaggerated.

Internal/External Rhyme

Internal rhyme is the use of rhyme that occurs in places other than the ends of lines. External rhyme is the use of rhyme on the ends of the lines.

The order in which the external rhyme follows.

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

The person who is telling the story.

The attitude the poet has when voicing the poem as interpreted by the reader.

The feeling the poet created for the reader.

The dictionary definition of a word.

The feeling that a word gives you.

The act of marking up a text to bring attention to words, phrases, and structure that may have some importance to the overall mood or theme of a poem.

The message that the author wants to convey.

a refrain is a word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself.

Words that almost rhyme but not exactly.

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Term	Definition
Imagery	Using words to create vivid images of the setting in a play. Writers use this to help the readers better understand the setting.
Personification	Giving something that's not human human characteristics.
Metaphor	Figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common.
Extended Metaphor	A version of a metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.
Simile	The comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
Alliteration	When a series of words begin with the same constant sound.
Onomatopoeia	A word that imitates a sound of an object.
Allusion	an implied or indirect reference to something outside of the story
Hyperbole	Statements that are over exaggerated.
Internal/External Rhyme	Internal rhyme is the use of rhyme that occurs in places other than the ends of lines. External rhyme is the use of rhyme on the ends of the lines.
Rhyme Scheme	The order in which the external rhyme follows.
meter	The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Speaker	The person who is telling the story.
Tone	The attitude the poet has when voicing the poem as interpreted by the reader.
Mood	The feeling the poet created for the reader.
Denotation	The dictionary definition of a word.
Connotation	The feeling that a word gives you.
Annotate	The act of marking up a text to bring attention to words, phrases, and structure that may have some importance to the overall mood or theme of a poem.
Stanza	A group of lines in a poem.
Theme	The message that the author wants to convey.
Refrain	a refrain is a word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself.
Approximate rhyme	Words that almost rhyme but not exactly.

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