1. alliteration: The repetition of similar consonant sounds.

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• 1. alliteration The repetition of similar
  consonant sounds.
• Ex Tighten our belts

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• 2. allusion A reference in one work of
  literature to another work of literature or
  well-known event, person or place.
• Ex "the crash" is a reference to the collapse
  of Wall Street in 1929

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• 3. assonance the repetition of similar vowel
  sounds
• Ex The cat in the hat stole my bat

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• 4. couplet two consecutive lines of poetry that
  rhyme.
• Ex. " The teacher was insane, And thought that
  he was rain.

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• 5. figurative language language not intended to
  be interpreted in a literal sense (true)
• Ex My car is a lemon.
• I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse.

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• 6. imagery a description that appeals to any
  combination of the five senses. (see, hear,
  taste, touch, smell)
•  Ex a clanking noise deep down below as if some
  person were dragging a heavy chain (dickens)

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• 7. inversion A reversal of the usual order of
  words to achieve some kind of emphasis.
•  Ex I think not
• Rest before swimming
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• 8. onomatopoeia a sound or word that imitates
  what it denotes
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• Ex buzz cuckoo zoom

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• 9. quatrain a four- line stanza

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• 10. stanza A group of lines forming a unit in a
  poem (paragraph)
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• 11. metaphor a comparison between two unlike
  things with the intent of giving added meaning to
  one of them. (doesn't use a specific word)
•  He was a gem to help me like that.
• Life is a dream

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• 12. simile like/as comparison
• Ex Life is like a dream.
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• 13. personification when something inanimate
  takes on human characteristics
• Reminders
• theme tone symbol
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