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| Simile | compares two different things using either LIKE or AS |
| Metaphor | compares two different things without using a word of comparison |
| Personification | a form of figurative language in which an idea, object, or animal is given the characteristics of a person |
| Alliteration | the repeating of beginning consonant sounds |
| Rhyme | the repeating of two or more words that sound alike |
| Repetition | the repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or to emphasize an idea |
| Imagery | language that appeals to the senses and is most often visual |
| Rhythm | the basic beat in a line of poetry, the sound pattern created by stressed and unstresed syllables |
| Stanza | a group of lines of poetry, usually similar in length and pattern |
| Couplet | two lines of poetry that rhyme |
| Blank Verse | poetry written in unrhymed, iambic pentameter |
| Free Verse | a poem written without predictable rhyme, rhythm, or length of line or stanza |
| Onomatopoeia | a word that makes the sound of the action it describes |
| Symbol | something in a poem that stands for something larger than itself |
| Theme | the underlying meaning of a poem, and the ides it presents about pepple or about life |
