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Prose

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The way we usually write and speak, no rhyme or economy of words

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Verse

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Term used to describe poetic lines composed in a measured rhythmical pattern, that are often, but not necessarily, rhymed

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Stanza

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Section of poem/ like a paragraph in prose

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Couplet

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2 lines

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Quatrain

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4 lines

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Repetition

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Repeating words, lines, or ideas to make a point

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Refrain

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A line or group of lines repeated regularly or irregularly

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Blank Verse

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Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter (10 syllables, every other syllable is stressed; the way Shakespeare writes his plays)

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Rhyme

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Repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines

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Meter

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When a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem, it is called meter

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Rhythm

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Term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

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Metaphor

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Comparing two things NOT using like or as

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Extended Methaphor

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An entire poem or page of text making one comparison

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Simile

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Comparing two things USING like or as

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Personification

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Giving non human things human characteristcs

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Hyperbole

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An enormous exaggeration

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Symbol

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Something small representing something larger

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable (Descending Dew Drops)

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Consonance

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Common type of near rhyme that consists of identical consonant sound preceded by different vowel sounds: home, same (worth, breath)

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Assonance

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Repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same (asleep, under a tree)

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Imagery

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Word use that paints pictures in readers’ minds

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Mood

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The way the setting affects the readers and characters

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Tone

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How the AUTHOR feels about his characters and subjects

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Allusion

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Reference to another literary work, person, place or time

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Onomatopoeia

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A word or combination of words that resemble specific sounds (buzz, rattle, bang)

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Archetype

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Term used to describe universal symbols that evoke deep and sometimes unconscious responses in a reader. Common literary archetypes include stories of quests, initiations, descents to the underworld, and ascents to heaven

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Speaker

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The voice used by an author to tell a story or speak a poem. The speaker is often a created identity and should not automatically be equated with the author’s self