imagery - descriptive language appealing to the senses, metaphor - a comparison made by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing, simile - the use of "like" or "as" to compare two different things and show a common quality between them, personification - a kind of metaphor in which an inanimate object, abstract thing, or non-human animal is described in human terms, hyperbole - an exaggeration for emphasis, symbolism - a word stands for something entirely different than what it is, allusion - a reference to something the reader should know, theme - the central idea of a work of literature; the idea the writer wishes to express about his subject, universal theme - a common theme across time and space, slant rhyme - type of rhyme where the words have similar sounds but don't rhyme exactly, free verse - a form of poetry that doesn't use a regular rhyme scheme and the rhythm is similar to speech, irony - a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens, shakespearean sonnet - a poem consisting of 14 lines w/ a specific rhyme scheme rhythm- 3 quatrains and a couplet with a rhyme scheme of a.b.a.b...e.f. usually written in iambic pentameter,

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