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MUSICAL
RHYME
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TOUGHIES
100
repetition of initial consonant sounds
alliteration
100
repetition of sounds in end syllables to make words sound alike
rhyme
100
describe something inhuman with human traits
personification
100
word choice
diction
100
a contradictory statement that tells a truth
paradox
200
words that imitate the sound they refer to
onomatopoeia
200
rhyme at the end of a line of poetry
end rhyme
200
compare two things using "like" or "as"
simile
200
flowery, grand, elevated language
formal diction
200
poem without any specific pattern of rhythm or rhyme
free verse
300
repetition of the same vowel sound
assonance
300
rhyme within a line of poetry
internal rhyme
300
compare two things by saying one "is" the other
metaphor
300
everyday speech
middle diction
300
using letters to determine the pattern of rhyme in a poem
rhyme scheme
400
musically pleasing poetic language
euphony
400
concerning rhyme: words that share similar spellings, but have different sounds
eye rhyme/ sight rhyme
400
overstatement' exaggeration
hyperbole
400
language that represents general, conceptual things
abstract language
400
14 line poem in iambic pentameter
sonnet
500
harsh sounding, grating language
cacophony
500
rhyme that is "not quite a rhyme"
slant rhyme
500
emphasize by downplaying
understatement
500
reference to something that the reader is supposed to already know about
allusion
500
break in the middle of a line
caesura