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Creative Writing

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Definition
show A reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance  
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show 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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show 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   show
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Figurative Language   show
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Alliteration   show
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show the use of words that imitate the sound the poet is trying to describe  
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show Giving human qualities to something not human  
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show comparison of two things using “like” or “as”  
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Symbolism   show
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Metaphor   show
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show 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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show No rhyme or meter  
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Hyperbole   show
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Imagery   show
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show the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.  
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Paralellism   show
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Rhyme   show
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show rhyming within a line of poetry  
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End Rhyme   show
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show The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern  
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Stanza   show
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