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figurative language language based on untrue comparison (not literal)
personification giving inanimate objects human characteristics
onomatopeia sound effect word
pun play on words
rhythm alternation of stressed and unstressed words
atmosphere the mood created by the words
rhyme when vowel sounds are same and all sounds following
free verse does not conform to old rules
internal rhyme a rhyme within a line of poetry
allegory literary work where everything represents something else
slant rhyme does not exactly rhyme
denotation dictionary meaning
end rhyme rhyme that occurs at the end of lines
alliteration words with the same consonant sounds repeated
assonance repeated vowel sounds in poetry
parallelism keeping gramatically structured
refrain a repeated element of the poem
imagery using words to create a mental picture
tone the attitude of the writer and the piece of work
connotation emotionally charged meaning of a word
simile comparison using "like" or "as" between two unlike things
metaphor comparison not using "like" or "as"; direct comparison between two unlike things
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