| A | B |
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| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using AS or LIKE |
| metaphor | a comparison that sets two unlike things side by side and makes us see the likeness between them |
| irony | the speaker or writer says one thing but wants you to understand something different |
| alliteration | repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words |
| simile | "Quiet as a mouse" |
| alliteration | "Petunia Pig puts peanuts on her pizza." |
| metaphor | "The lawyer GRILLED the witness." |
| irony | It's raining and I say..."What lovely weather we're having." |
| haiku | a three lined Japanese poem about nature |
| acrostic | poems which uses the letters in the topic word to begin each line |
| ballad | narrative poem which is, or originally was, meant to be sung |
| free verse | A fluid form of poetry which conforms to no set rules |
