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Free verse poetry |
poetry written in an open form without rhyme or meter |
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Pun |
a play on words where one word can have multiple meanings |
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Alliteration |
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words |
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Allusion |
an indirect reference to a person, place or thing you assume people know about |
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Hyperbole |
An extravagant exaggeration |
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Irony |
the use of words where the meaning is the opposite of their usual meaning or what is expected to happen |
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Personification |
giving human characteristics to someone or something that is not human |
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Image |
a description of something in words to create a mental picture |
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Imagery |
the act of using written description of images and pictures in writing |
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Simile |
a comparison of two things using like or as |
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Metaphor |
a comparison of two things not using like or as |
