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Define

1. Acrostic poem:



2. Alliteration:




3. Allusion




4. Connotation



5. couplet



6. free verse



7. figurative meaning



8. Hyperbole




9. Imagery



10. metaphor

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1. Acrostic poem:

An acrostic is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, message or the alphabet.

2. Alliteration:

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

3. Allusion

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

The practice of making allusions, especially as an artistic device.

4. Connotation

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

In Philosophy-

The abstract meaning or intension of a term, which forms a principle determining which objects or concepts it applies to.

5. Couplet

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

6. Free verse

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

7. Figurative meaning

Departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical.

(Of an artist or work of art) representing forms that are recognizably derived from life.

8. Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

9. Imagery

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Visual images collectively

Visual symbolism

10. Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract.

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