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Creative Writing

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Allusion   A reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance  
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Anaphora   a repeated word or phrase at the start of a line, occurs as “We will rise” begins each of these lines.  
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Caesura   A stop or pause in a metrical line, often marked by punctuation or by a grammatical boundary, such as a phrase or clause.  
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Epistropeh   the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences  
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Figurative Language   Includes words, symbols, phrases, and ideas to invoke mental images and sensory impressions  
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Alliteration   the repeated use of consonant sounds at the beginning of words close together or in a series  
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Onomatopoeia   the use of words that imitate the sound the poet is trying to describe  
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Personification   Giving human qualities to something not human  
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Simile   comparison of two things using “like” or “as”  
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Symbolism   the use of objects to represent qualities or ideas  
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Metaphor   comparison of two unlike things using “is”  
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Extended Metaphor   a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem.  
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Free Verse   No rhyme or meter  
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Hyperbole   An exaggeration for dramatic effect  
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Imagery   The use of words or phrases that evoke the sensation of the 5 senses: sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste  
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Juxtaposition   the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.  
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Paralellism   component of literary style in both prose and poetry, in which coordinate ideas are arranged in phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that balance one element with another of equal importance and similar wording  
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Rhyme   Words that share sounds with each other  
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Internal Rhyme   rhyming within a line of poetry  
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End Rhyme   rhyming at the end of lines  
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Rhythm   The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern  
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Stanza   A group of lines that is linked together by a thought, similar to a paragraph in prose  
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