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| acrostic | puzzle poem in which letters spell out a word when read down the page |
| assonance | repetition of identical or similar vowel sound |
| enjambement | 'run-on-line' where full stops or commas are not used at the end of a line |
| lyric | poetry that is meant to be sung |
| onomatopoeia | words that have matching sounds |
| rap | popular song form using lots of poetic devices |
| rhyme | words that have similar sounds |
| rhythm | pulse or beat to poetry |
| symbol | when something is used to 'stand for' something else |
| alliteration | repetition of one letter at the beginning of several words in a row |
| ballad | a type of song poem that tells a story |
| imagery | words used to create pictures in the reader's mind |
| metaphor | when something is described as being something else |
| personification | where things that are not people are described as if they are people |
| refrain | a chorus |
| simile | when something is described as being 'like' or the same 'as' something else |
| stanza | a verse |
