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​​Simile​​
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing using like or as
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Rhyme scheme

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.


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Speaker

The person speaking or presenting, not the writer/author

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Dramatic Irony

audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.

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Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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Stanza

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

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Satire

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

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Internal Rhyme

a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.


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Personification


the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
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Alliteration

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Frame Story

a narrative that frames or surrounds another story or set of stories.

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End Rhyme



 the rhyming of final syllables in two or more lines of poetry.

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Imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
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Tone

the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.

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Verbal Irony

when what is said is the opposite of the literal meaning

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Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Mood

inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind.

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Situational Irony

when the outcome is the opposite or completely different from what was expected.

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