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Section 1

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Enjambment

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The meaning of a poem runs onto the next line. Helps create a sense of continuity

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Alliteration

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The repetition of a letter or sound at the start of the adjacent or closely connected words

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Polysemous

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Word with a variety of meanings

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Idiom

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Turn of phrase understood by the group of people using it

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech whereby a comparison is made by describing something as another thing

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Sibilance

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The repetition of consonants producing a 's' or hissing sound e.g. "a sad uncertain rustling"

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear side by side e.g. "deafening silence"

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Rhythm

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The movement of metre through the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Rhyming couplet

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Two lines that rhyme and have the same metre, often used for emphasis

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Ballad

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A type of poem that tells a story, usually romantic, tragic or heroic. Traditionally has an ABCB rhyme scheme

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Rhyme

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The use of words with matching sounds. Can be internal or at ends of lines

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Monologue

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A type of poem in which the speaker directly addresses the reader and the thoughts, feelings and personal views of the speaker are revealed

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Volta

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Turning point in a poem where the topic/mood shifts

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Personification

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When a non-human thing or idea is given human qualities or described as a person

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Caesura

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A strong pause in a line of verse

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Free Verse

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Lines with no regular structure, rhyme or rhythm

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Assonance

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The repetition of a vowel sound

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Colloquial Language

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Informal, slang-like words

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Metre

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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

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Juxtaposition

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The positioning close together of two words, images or ideas so that the differences between them are emphasised

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Simile

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A comparison of one thing to another using the words 'like' and 'as'

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Stanza

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A verse of poetry

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Sonnet

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A type of poem that has fourteen lines traditionally written in iambic pentameter with a strict rhyme scheme

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds like the noise it is describing

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