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poetryiteraryterms

TermDefinition
Alliteration repetition of consonant sounds
Annotate To take notes on
Assonance repetition of vowel sound
Blank Verse unrhymed iambic pentameter
Connotation emotional association to a word
Couplet two lines back to back that rhyme
Denotation definition of a word
End Rhyme words at the end of the line that rhyme
End Stop when the meaning is contained in one line
Enjambment when you go to the next line to get the full meaning of the first line
Epic A long narrative poem about a hero
Extended Metaphor A metaphor of great length
Explicate To explain
Foot a group of stressed and unstressed syllables
Free verse No rhyme of regular meter
Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration
Imagery words that evoke emotion
Internal Rhyme two words within a line that rhyme
Meter pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Oxymoron two word phrase that contradicts itself
Paradox longer phrase that contradicts itself
Repetition a sound,word,phrase repeated
Rhyme words that sound alike
Rhyme scheme pattern of how words rhyme
Stanza group of lines in a poem
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