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Poetic Techniques

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Alliteration   The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word  
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Allusion   A reference to another text, song, work of art, or historical event within a poem or story  
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Couplet   A pair of rhyming lines in a poem that usually share one idea  
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Figurative Language   Language where the writer conveys meaning in unexpected ways and through the use of unusual comparisons. Words have a meaning different from their literal meaning.  
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Hyperbole   An exaggerated expression used for dramatic or comic effect  
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Idiom   A figure of speech that cannot be taken literally  
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Imagery   Language that describes something using words to create a sensory image  
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Irony   When something happens that is the opposite of what is expected  
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Metaphor   Compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"  
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Meter   The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and a poem  
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Onomatopoeia   A word that mimics the sound it represents  
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Oxymoron   A contradiction in terms  
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Personification   Giving human qualities to animals or inanimate non-living things  
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Rhymes   Two or more words with the same or similar sounds  
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Rhyme scheme   The pattern of the rhyme in a poem (For example, ABAB, ABCB, etc.)  
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Simile   Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"  
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Stanzas   A division or section of a poem (Like paragraphs in prose)  
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