litteraty terms

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Assonance
the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or line of poetry or prose
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couplet
a pair of lines that follow each other typically rhyming and the same length
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elision
he fact of not pronouncing a particular sound in a word
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enjambement
a run on the line poetry which the sense or meaning carries from one line to the next
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euphemism
an expression used to replace a harsher one
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free verse
poetry without a regular pattern of meter to rhyme
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imperative
a verb or phrase without a subject which is a command or order
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onomatopoeia
the use of words to imitate sounds they describe
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oxymoron
a combo of two words that appear to contradict each other
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sibilance
repetition of s sound
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soliloquy
a speech from a character whee they speak to themselves relating their secrets or personal thoughts
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superlative
the form of a word that suggest the most or the least of something
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syntax
the grammatical order of words in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue.
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a pair of lines that follow each other typically rhyming and the same length

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couplet

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he fact of not pronouncing a particular sound in a word

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a run on the line poetry which the sense or meaning carries from one line to the next

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Card 5

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an expression used to replace a harsher one

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