alliteration - words that begin with the same letter sound., anaphora - repetition of a phrase at the start of a line or sentence., assonance - words that share the same vowel sound., connotations - what a word or phrase suggests., hyperbole - deliberate exaggeration, used to emphasise a point., imagery - visually descriptive language., metaphor - describing something by saying it is something else., onomatopoeia - use of words which echo their meaning in sound., oxymoron - two words that contradict each other, e.g. ‘bitter sweet', personification - giving an object or animal human characteristics., repetition - repeating the same word or phrase., sibilance - repetition of ‘s’ or ‘sh’ sounds., simile - imagery comparison using as or like., symbolism - when object stands for something else., caesura - a pause in the middle of a line of poetry., end-stops - opposite of enjambment, where a line stops., free verse - a poem with no pattern of rhyme or rhythm., iambic pentameter - a line of poetry with 10 syllables., monologue - one person speaking., motif - a repeated idea or theme., narrative perspective - 1st/2nd/3rd person., persona - when the poet takes on a voice in the poem., refrain - repeating of a single line in a poem., rhyme scheme - the pattern of rhymes, describing using letters. E.g., rhyming couplets - two lines that rhyme next to each other., sonnet - a poem with 14 lines, usually about love., stanza - is a section of a poem sometimes referred to as a verse., juxtaposition - two ideas that seem to contradict each other, enjambment - where a line has no punctuation at the end and runs onto the next, rhythm - is the beat or pace of the words.,

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