Term

Definition

Example

Poetry

Prose

Speaker

Diction

Denotation

Connotation

Imagery

Setting

Tone

Concept of Sound vs. Sense

Alliteration

Assonance

onomatopoeia

euphony

cacophony

rhyme

(end vs. internal and

exact vs. imperfect)

Rhythm

Meter

Accent (stress, long)

End-stopped line

Run-on line

Caesura

Metrical foot

Iamb

Trochee

Spondee

Anapest

Dactyl

Lines (monometer, trimeter, pentameter,…)

Scansion

Figurative language

Literal language

Simile

 Metaphor

Personification

Apostrophe

Paradox

Oxymoron

Understatement

Overstatement (hyperbole)

Verbal Irony

Dramatic Irony

Irony of Situation

Allusion

Symbol

Theme

Closed form

Open form (free verse)

Haiku

Sonnet

Limerick

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