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A reference designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Allusion
Vivid, descriptive language designed to appeal to the senses.
Imagery
the pattern according to which end rhymes (rhymes located at the end of lines) are repeated in works of poetry.
Rhyme Scheme
“I’ve told you a million times!”
Hyperbole
The repetition of identical consonant sounds, close together
Consonance
a figure of speech in which a word imitates or resembles the sound it describes
Onomatopoeia
An indirect comparison between two things, using like or as.
Simile
He was a lightning bolt; she was a calm sea.
Metaphor
The choice of words writers use to communicate their ideas, based on the content, type or piece of writing, and audience.
Diction
A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Haiku
A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem
Stanza
when one object or thing stands in the place of something else, such as an idea, a person, or a place
Symbolism
abab cdcd efef gg
Rhyme scheme
A device in which consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables, are repeated in nearby words.
Alliteration
A figure of speech utilizing extreme, intentional exaggeration to emphasize a point, create humor, or convey strong emotion
Hyperbole
A fourteen-line poem of ten-syllable lines, often in iambic pentameter
Sonnet
a creative work's main idea, underlying meaning, moral, or message.
Theme
she was as clever as a fox
Simile
The repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually close together
Assonance
A figure of speech that compares two different things by stating that one is the other (NOT using like or as).
Metaphor
a literary device whereby something non-human (such as an animal, object, or even abstract idea) is ascribed human qualities
Personification
The poet’s attitude toward their subject matter.
Tone
All day the wind blows low with a mellow tone.
Assonance