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A reference to something outside the text
what is allusion
Two rhyming lines of poetry
Rhyme within a line of poetry
What is Internal rhyme
Comparison using “like” or “as”
What is Simile
Deliberately suggesting two or more, often conflicting meanings within a work
what is ambiguity
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line of poetry
What is enjambment
Two things placed close to each other in order to highlight their differences
what is juxtaposition
Narrative voice of the poem, often NOT the author
What is Speaker
Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object
What is anthropomorphism
Poetry that has no rhyme scheme or regular meter
What is free verse
Comparison without using “like” or “as”
what is Metaphor
The ‘paragraph’ of a poem
What is stanza
A figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person an abstract idea or a thing
What is apostrophe
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
What is Hyperbole
Restating something already written
what is Repetition
Something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else
What is Symbol
A comma or period, usually in the middle of a line or verse to add emphasis on surrounding words
What is caesura
Contrast between the actual meaning of a word or phrase and the suggestion of another meaning
What is irony
A regular pattern of rhyme at the end of lines of poetry
What is rhyme scheme
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