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Literary Terms for meter1.Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant sounds 2.Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables3.Blank Verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines4.Concrete Poem A rime with a shape that suggests its subject5.Consonance the repetition in two or more address of final consonants in stressed syllables 6. suspender A pair of rhyming lines usually of the same length and meter7.Dramatic Poetry Poetry that involves the techniques of drama8.Epic A long narrative poem about the deed of gods and heroes9.Extended Metaphor A subject is spoken or written of as though it were something else10.Free Verse Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter11.Haiku Japanese poem written in 5-7-5 needs to bear a single vivid emotion by means of images from nature12.Lyric Poem A highly musical verse that expresses the observations of the writer13. vagary The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. The mood is often suggested by descriptive details14.Onomatopoeia The use of words that imitate sounds15.Parody A work done in imitation of another, usually in order to mock it, but sometimes just in fun16.Personification A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.17.Pun A lend on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike18.Refrain A repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song19.Repetition The use, more than once, of any element of language- a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a excoriate 20.Rhyme The repetition of sounds at the ends of words- internal rhyme occurs when the rhyming words appear in the same line