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Emphasis or stress on a syllable or word. Often poetry has a repeating pattern of syllables.
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The use of characters to represent abstract ideas. Allegories are often used to convey a message or teach a lesson.
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A writing technique in which similar sounds at the beginning of words are repeated.
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A writing technique in which similar sounds, especially vowel sounds, are repeated.
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A type of metaphor in which a thing is equated to a seemingly very different thing.
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Repeating similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words.
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A part of a poem consisting of two adjacent lines that are the same length and often rhyme.
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A sad and thoughtful poem that is often about a person who has died.
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A very long poem that tells a story about a hero.
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A basic pattern of accents on two or more syllables that is repeated throughout a poem.
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Poetry that has no set meter and which typically does not rhyme.
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A poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Usually haiku are about nature and often contain a word that indicates a season.
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A deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis.
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A pattern made of two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed.
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A form of poetry that has ten syllables to a line alternating unstressed then stressed.
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A humorous poem of five lines. Lines one, two, and five rhyme and have ten syllables each and lines three and four rhyme and have five syllables each.
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A poem that expresses the author’s personal feelings and thoughts.
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A type of comparison between two things; usually one thing is said to be another.
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The rhythm of accented syllables in a line of poetry.
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A poem relating a series of events or telling a story.
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A serious poem; usually written using a formal structure.
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Words used to imitate sounds.
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Giving human attributes to non-human things.
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A stanza or poem of four lines.
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A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, often after each stanza.
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The same or similar sounds at the end of words.
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Two things compared using the word “like” or “as.”
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Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem.
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The emphasis given to particular syllables.
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Another word for poetry. Also a single line in a poem.
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