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Poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| line | a fundamental unit in poetry |
| stanza | a grouping of lines that forms the main unit in a poem |
| rhyme | the correspondence of sounds in words or lines of verse |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhymes falling at the ends of a poems lines |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the beginning of words |
| imagery | language in a poem representing a sensory experience, including visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory |
| symbolism | an object or action that stands for something beyond itself |
| irony | a rhetorical device involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge and divided into three primary types: verbal, situational, and dramatic. |
| connotation | the implied or suggested meaning (FEELING) associated with a word or phrase |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning of a word |
| repetition | the poetic technique of repeating the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem or work |
| simile | comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| personification | giving human characteristics to NONHUMAN things |
| idiom | A figure of speech in which the literal meaning does not match the figurative meaning. |
| oxymoron | two words that are opposite in meaning used together |
| onomatopoeia | the use of language that sounds like the thing or action it describes. |
| allusion | a reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem. |