| A | B |
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| end rhyme | words rhyme at the end of the line |
| slant rhyme | the rhyme is close but not exact |
| stanza | verse; a unit of poetry |
| quatrain | 4 line poem that rhymes |
| couplet | 2 lines that rhyme |
| chinquain | poem that has five lines with a specific pattern of words for each line |
| haiku | Japanese poem of 3 lines and 17 syllables |
| limerick | 5 line humorous poem |
| imagery | descriptive words that appeal to the five senses |
| personification | giving living qualities to non-living things |
| metaphor | comparison of two unlike things |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| point-of-view | the position of the speaker of the poem |
| meter | the length and rhythm of a line of poetry |
| free verse | poetry that does not rhyme and has no line oattern |
| alliteration | repeated beginning sounds in words close to each other |
| interpretation | personal viewpoint about the meaning of a poem |
| figurative language | expressions not meant to be taken literally |
| paraphrase | restating in different words without changing the meaning |
| point-of-view | the perspective of the speaker of the poem |
| acrostic | a name poem in which each line starts with a letter of the name |
