| A | B |
| folklore | Body of culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, etc. |
| myth | A sacred story |
| legend | A narrative of human actions that SEEM possible |
| folktale | A story passed on by word of mouth |
| personification | giving human qualities or characteristics to animals or objects |
| rhyme | a pattern of words that contains similar sounds at the end of the line |
| rhyme scheme | a repeated pattern of rhymed words at the end of the line |
| internal rhyme | rhyming that occurs within the line |
| metaphor | comparison of unlike things (without using like or as) |
| simile | a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as" |
| alliteration | repetition of the initial consonant sounds |
| imagery | language that evokes sensory images |
| onomatopoeia | words which imitate the sounds they stand for |