| A | B |
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| personification | To give human qualities to inanimate objects. |
| stanza | a group of lines that develop one idea or image. |
| symbol | an object that stands for something more than just itself |
| rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhymes in a poem. |
| allusion | a reference to another person, place or event from history or literature |
| hyperbole | exaggerating on purpose for comic effect |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like the noises they describe |
| mood | the overall feeling the poem creates for the reader |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike objects using "like" or "as" |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses and creates word pictures |
| assonance | the repetition of the same middle vowel sounds in words within the same line of poetry |
| connotation | the extra meaning or feelings connected to a word |
| free verse | poetry without regular rhythm, rhyme or form. |
| metaphor | a comparison that says one thing is another |
| idiom | a phrase that can't be understood by its individual words. |
| denotation | a word's exact dictionary definition |
| alliteration | the repetition of the same beginning consonant in a line of poetry |
| rhythm | the pattern of beats or stressed and unstressed syllables |
