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Poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| stanza | like a paragraph in poetry, usually the ideas in a single stanza are connected |
| refrain | part of a poem or song that repeats, generally for effect on overall meaning |
| theme | the central underlying idea, concept, or message that the author conveys, the bigger meaning |
| figurative language | language that compares two items or ideas, in order to help clarify the reader's perception |
| personification | giving human qualities to non-living things or characters |
| playwright | the author of the play |
| stage directions | playwright's instructions for how a drama should be staged or presented. They tell actors how to speak their lines and move. |
| dialogue | conversations among characters; what they say out loud |
| poetic techniques | writer's tools that poets use to develop and support meaning |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words to indicate sound in text |
| alliteration | using several words together that begin with the same sound |
| sensory details | details that provide information about what the reader may hear, see, feel, smell, or taste if they were in the text |
| graphic elements | ways the poet or author chooses to place the print on the page in order to help develop the meaning |
| simile | comparing one thing to another using the words like or as |
| metaphor | comparing two objects or ideas by saying one thing IS something else |
| hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration used to make a point |
| imagery | using words to create a mental image for the reader |
| idiom | an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of individual words |
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