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Stanza- How the poem is separated by paragraphs.

Metaphor- A thing representing or regarding something else like a symbol in a sentence.

Rhyme- Words that sound the same.

Repetition- Same thing over again.

Enjambment- the continuation of a sentence without pause, beyond the end of a line, couplet or stanza.

Protagonist- Main character in fiction or drama.

Point of View- Vantage point which the writer tells the story. Points like omniscient, first person, and third person limited.

Voice- The author's use of language in writing.

Anecdote- Brief often colorful stories that personalize issues.

Loaded Words- positive or negative connotations or emotional associations to words.

Refrain-stop oneself from doing something

Sonnet- poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

Couplet-Two lines of verse that go together

Speaker-the speaker is the voice behind the poem—the person we imagine to be saying the thing out loud.

Pun- A play on words

Hyperbole -exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Theme-the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Irony- contrast between expectation and reality-between what is said and what is reaky meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen and what real does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true

Verbal Irony-A writer/speaker says one thing but really means something completely different.

Dramatic Irony-Occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character i a play or story does not know.

Situational Irony-Occurs when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens or when there is a contradiction.

Rhyme- repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them, in words that are close together in a poem.

End Rhymes- occur at the ends of lines.

End Rhymes- occur at the ends of lines.

proximate Rhymes- two words that have the same sound but do not rhyme exactly.

Appeal to:Logic- Using your own sense of logic to make a conclusion.