CREATIVE WRITING
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- SimileA figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as or like
- MetaphorA figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another
- HyperboleThe use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech
- PersonificationA figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas
- SynecdocheA part is used to represent a whole
- AlliterationRepetition of an initial consonant sound at the beginning
- AnaphoraRepetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses and verses
- ApostropheAddressing a nonexistent person or an inanimate object as though it were a living being
- AssonanceSimilarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words
- ChiasmusVerbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balance against the first but with the parts reversed
- ParadoxStatement that appears to contradict itself
- ConsonanceRepetition of consonant sounds in quick succession at the end of a word
- EuphemismSubstitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit
- PunPlay on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words
- OxymoronIncongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side
- IronyUse of words to express something other than and specially the opposite of the literal meaning
- OnomatopoeiaUse of words to imitate the sounds
- UnderstatementDeliberately makes a situation seem less important than it is
- DictionThe style of writing used based on the word choice and usage
- PoetryLiterature in a metrical form, a composition forming rhythmic lines, follows particular flow of rhythm and meter, putting words together in an interesting way to express feeling
- StructureHow a poem looks or its arrangement on the page
- LinesSingle line in a poem and organized in stanza
- StanzaGroup of lines, named for the number of lines it contains
- EnjambmentsWhen the idea or phrase is carried over from one line into another
- SoundReinforces a poem's meaning
- RhymeOften occurring at the end of lines of poetry
- Slant RhymeWords do not truly rhyme but have a similar sound or appear to rhyme visually
- Rhyme SchemeDescribe the pattern of end rhymes
- RhythmAlso known as beat, pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
- MeterThe number of feet that is in a line of poetry
- RepetitionRepeating of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or even stanzas in a poem
- OnomatopoeiaLends itself to create sound in a poem
- ImageryWords and phrases that appeals to the five senses
- Figurative LanguageDescribing something by comparing it with something else
- IdiomsA combination of words that has figurative meaning
- MoodThe feeling that a poem created in a reader
- ToneThe attitude a writer takes towards the subject or audience of the poem
- TwistTone and mood, word of choice, imagery, style, theme, structure
- Narrative PoemsOne that tells a story
- Lyric PoemsHighly musical verse that expresses the emotions of the speaker