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Allusion
A brief or indirect reference to something not always directly related to the topic you are discussing.
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Irony
A figure of speech in which words are used to mean something very different from their actual meaning, or a situation that ends up the opposite way to what is expected.
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Symbolism
The use of images and representations to signify certain ideas, qualities, places, or characters.

NB: a symbol is something that represents or stands for something else.
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Semantic field
A group of words that are related in meaning, and are usually united by a common theme.
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Stanza
A way of organising ideas in poetry: they include connected thoughts, and are separated by a space. Also known as a verse sometimes.
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Juxtaposition
When two or more different (or even opposing) ideas, characters, or images are placed near each other in a piece of writing to exaggerate the differences.
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Colour imagery
When colour is used to conjure up specific ideas and emotions in a reader.
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Figurative language
When we use figures of speech and language to make comparisons to things that are not literal and to create a stronger emotional effect on the reader. There are a variety of forms of figurative language, eg. Metaphors, similes, personification, and zoomor
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Metaphor
A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison, e.g. They are the black sheep of the family.
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Simile
A figure of speech that compares two things that are not literally the same using the words “like” or ”as,” eg. They looked and acted like a shadow skirting the walls.
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Extended metaphor
A metaphor that extends and develops across multiple lines, paragraphs, even a whole text, eg. "life is a highway" is a simple metaphor, it becomes an extended metaphor when you say: "Life is a highway that takes us through green pastures, vast deserts, a
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Personification
A figure of speech in which something not human – e.g. A car, animal, table, etc. – is given human attributes.
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Alliteration
When two or more words in a sentence/line start with the same sound, e.g. The chaos caused by kicking cats was curtailed by a curfew placed on the quarter.
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Enjambment
When an idea in a poem runs across two or more lines, without any punctuation at the end of the line to break it up. It comes from the French word meaning “to step over.”
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Caesura
When there is a pause in the middle of a line in poetry, usually (but not always) caused by a piece of punctuation. They can occur anywhere in a line of poetry.
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Repetition
When words or phrases are repeated more than once in a piece of writing.
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Anaphora
When a word or phrase is repeated at the start of multiple sentences, clauses or lines.
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Refrain
When a phrase, line, or group of lines are repeated at intervals throughout a poem, generally at the end of the stanza.
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Voice
The perspective from which an author chooses to tell the story in their texts. The voice in a poem is not always that of the poet.
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A figure of speech in which words are used to mean something very different from their actual meaning, or a situation that ends up the opposite way to what is expected.

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Irony

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The use of images and representations to signify certain ideas, qualities, places, or characters.

NB: a symbol is something that represents or stands for something else.

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A group of words that are related in meaning, and are usually united by a common theme.

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A way of organising ideas in poetry: they include connected thoughts, and are separated by a space. Also known as a verse sometimes.

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