poetry key terms

4. hyperbole is exaggeration for effect; litotes is understatement for effect, often used for irony.
8. line a line ending in a full pause, usually indicated with a full stop or semicolon.
9. a direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison.
10. the counterpart of assonance; the use of similar consonant sounds in close proximity to create a connection between words or develop an idea

1. images are references that trigger the mind to fuse together memories of sight (visual), sounds (auditory), tastes (gustatory), smells (olfactory), and sensations of touch (tactile). Imagery refers to images throughout a work or throughout the works of a writer or group of writers.
2. two successive rhyming lines. Couplets end the pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet.
3. repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity.
5. repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines. Example: June--moon.
6. short but definite pause used for effect within a line of poetry.
7. a line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line.
11. repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines throughout a work or the section of a work.