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| The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
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| A brief reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance |
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| A figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or an object as if it were present |
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| The repetition of similar vowel sounds within a line. |
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| A strong pause within a poem, especially in the middle of a line |
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| The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose |
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| The omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve the meter/rhythm of a line of poetry. |
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| A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next. |
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| A figure of speech involving extreme exaggeration to create emphasis. |
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| The use of visually descriptive or figurative language; language that appeals to the senses. |
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| A contrast between what is said and what is meant or between what happens and what is expected to happen (in life and in literature) |
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| Characters say the opposite of what they mean or think. |
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| Situational Irony (or Irony of Circumstance) |
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| The opposite of what would be expected occurs. |
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| A contrast between what the audience knows and a character does not (the character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to other characters). |
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| A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. |
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| A comparison between essentially unlike things without using like or as. |
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| A figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea. |
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| The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe (buzz, murmur, bang) |
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| Inanimate objects or abstract concepts given animate or living qualities |
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| Rhymes only when spelled, not when pronounced: food, flood; though, tough; love, move |
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| The exact pronunciation of the final syllables of a line: bed, head; time, crime |
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| Slant Rhyme (or off rhyme or half rhyme or apophony) |
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| The rhyming of the ending consonant sounds in a word, but not the entire final syllable. For example: bridge, grudge; young, song |
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| Rhyme within a single line of verse (such as when a word from the middle of a line is rhymed with a word at the end of the line) |
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| A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, than, or as though. |
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| A figure of speech in which a part is substituted for the whole (or a whole for a part) |
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| A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work |
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| The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience or subject. |
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