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alliteration
repetition of the same sounds or of the same type of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
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assonance
repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
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consonance
repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends of words
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ellipsis
omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete construction of a phrase or sentence but not necessary for understanding
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foot
a section from a line of verse
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free verse
verse with no regular pattern in either rhyme or line length
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half-rhyme
partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance or consonance (also known as imperfect rhyme and pararhyme)
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iambic
a foot of verse which uses unstressed, followed by stressed syllables
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iambic pentameter
a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
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imagery
use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas
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metaphor
figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison
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onomatopoeia
formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer
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oxymoron
figure of speech in which contradictory terms are combined
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parable
simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson
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simile
figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, in a phrase containing such words as: like or as
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syntax
the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences, to express a meaning