| A | B |
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| feet | group of syllables forming the basic unit of verse meter |
| theme | writer's message or main point |
| analogy | comparison between two things to show how they are alike |
| quatrain | four lines of verse |
| ballad | song-like poem that tells a story |
| speaker | person telling the story |
| sensory images | pictures that appeal to the five senses |
| end rhyme | rhyme at the end lines of poetry |
| author's purpose | author's intent or reason for creating a particular work |
| connotation | emotional feelings that surround a word |
| denotation | actual definition of a word |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| irony | contrast between expectation and reality |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together |
| couplet | two lines that rhyme |
| diamante | diamond shaped poem with seven lines |
| cinquain | five line poem with specific structure and pattern |
| symbolism | use of symbols to represent ideas or things |
| internal rhyme | rhymes within lines of poetry |
| interpretation | an explanation |
