Literary Devices and Terms

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Alliteration

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repeated use of the same consonant sound

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Anaphora

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repetition of the same word(s) at the beginning of a series of phrases or lines

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Assonance

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repeated use of the same vowel sound

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Caesura

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use of punctuation in the middle of a line to create a pause

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End-stopping

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use of punctuation at the end of the line, creating a pause

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Enjambment

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technique whereby the phrasing of one line of poetry runs into the next line, because there is no punctuation at the end of the line

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Euphemism

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technique of referring to sensitive subjects in indirect terms

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Figurative language

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language which makes use of figures of speech or devices (such as metaphor, alliteration, etc.), as opposed to literal language

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Free verse

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verse which does not depend on regular metre or line length; will sometimes try to imitate ordinary speech

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Half-rhyme

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the use of similar but not identical sounds in the final syllable(s) of two lines