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alliteration

alliteration. The repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” “long-lived,” “short shrift,” and “the fickle finger of fate.”. assonance.

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alliteration

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  1. alliteration Therepetitionofthebeginning sounds of words, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickledpeppers,” “long-lived,” “short shrift,” and “the fickle finger of fate.”

  2. assonance theuse of thesamevowelsoundwith different consonants or thesame consonant withdifferentvowels in successive words or stressedsyllables, as in a lineofverse. Examples are time andlight or mystery  and mastery

  3. cacophony theuseofunharmonious or dissonant speech sounds in language

  4. cou·plet apairof successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhymeandareof the same length.

  5. figurative The meaning of the poem that is deeper than just the words on the page.

  6. im·age·ry figurative or descriptive language in a literarywork

  7. internal rhyme arhymecreated by words within two or more lines of a verse.

  8. literal wordforword

  9. metaphor A comparison of two things not using the words “like” or “as.”

  10. meter poeticmeasure;arrangement of words in regularlymeasured, patterned, or rhythmic lines orverses

  11. onomatopoeia the formation of words whose sound is imitative ofthesoundof the noiseoraction designated, such as hiss, buzz,andbang

  12. oxymoron Arhetoricaldeviceinwhich two seemingly contradictory words are usedtogetherforeffect:“Sheisjustapoorlittlerichgirl.”

  13. personification theattributionofhumancharacteristicstothings, abstract ideas,etc,asforliteraryorartisticeffect

  14. prose theordinaryform of spokenorwritten language, without metricalstructure,asdistinguished from poetryorverse.

  15. rhyme A wordagreeingwith another in end sound: Find is a rhyme for  mindandwomankind

  16. simile afigure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using “like” or “as”, for example “she is like arose.”

  17. Stanza anarrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimeshavinga fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem

  18. Symbol something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.

  19. theme aunifyingordominantidea

  20. tone The overall mood or feeling in a poem.

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