understatement - stating an extreme reduction of the evident value or amount , metaphor - a comparison between two unlike things that does not use 'like' or 'as', irony - mockery that causes a statement to have the directly opposite meaning from what is said , literary allusion - the creation of instant identification by referring to a well-known person, place or thing from literature, meter - the rhythmical pattern in a poem , narrative poem - a verse that tells a story , verse - a section of a poem or song consisting of a number of lines arranged together to form a single unit, couplet - a two-line stanza, personification - a figure of speech where a non-human thing is given human qualities, theme - the main idea of a literary work , assonance - the repetition of vowel sounds, symbol - something that stands both for itself and something beyond itself , hyperbole - an extreme exaggeration used for effect in a poem , voice - all the characteristics that make a writer's work sound unique , apostrophe - addressing someone or something that is absent, abstract or inanimate, onomatopoeia - the use of words that sound like things they describe , simile - a comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as', metonymy - uses a word closely associated with the one intended , stanza - a group of lines in a poem, slant rhyme - a near rhyme, something that is close to to a rhyme nut not exact, alliteration - the repetition of initial consonant sounds , rhyme scheme - the pattern of rhymes in a poem , repetition - the act or process of saying or writing something again for effect , oxymoron - the use of totally unexpected or unmatched terms together to create an intended expression , sonnet - a poem with 14 lines and a standard rhyme scheme , internal rhyme - rhyming that occurs within the lines , end rhyme - rhyming that comes at the ends of lines , melody - a pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds , lyric poem - a short, highly musical verse that expresses the thoughts and emotions of the speaker , rhyme - the repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in the poem,

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