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| the similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words. should consist of identical sounding syllables that are stressed and letters preceding the vowel sounds should be different |
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| occurs at the end of two or more lines of verse |
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| two or more words rhyme in the same line of verse |
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| the pattern or sequence in which end rhyme occurs. letter thing: ABC |
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| a division of a poem made up of a certain number of lines |
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| fourteen-line stanza form, usually in iambic pentameter, with a complex rhyme scheme. Italian/Petrarchan sonnet and English/Shakespearean sonnet |
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| English/Shakespearean Sonnet |
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| a fourteen-line stanza consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet. rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg or abba cddc effe gg |
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| a picture or impression made with words which appeal to the senses: vision, touch, taste, hearing, smell |
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| comparison between two usually unrelated things, using like or as |
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| same as simile; doesn't use like or as |
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| a figure of speech in which a non-human or inanimate object or idea is given human characteristics |
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| a reference to a historical, Biblical, mythological, or literary person, place, or event |
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| an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis or humor, not to be taken literally |
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| achieved by saying less than the speaker means |
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| a word or image that signifies something other than what is literally represented |
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| the repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line of verse |
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| the use of a word to represent or imitate natural sounds |
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