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| Meter | A poem that has a rhythm or beat and usually has a rhyme scheme |
| End Rhyme | rhymes that occur at the end of the line |
| Repetition | the recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line |
| Free Verse | - Poetry without a regular meter or a rhyme scheme |
| Narrative Poetry | poetry that tells a story |
| Rhyme Scheme | pattern of rhymes |
| Theme | main idea of the poem; what the poet wants to say to you. |
| Quatrain | a stanza that has 4 lines |
| Stanza | the number of lines that form a unit of a poem –poetry paragraph |
| Alliteration | repetition of beginning sounds- ex. salty, smelly seaweed. |
| Couplet | A stanza that has 2 lines |
| Simile | describing by comparing 2 things –one known and one unknown- using “like” or “as” ex. as fast as lightning. |
| Metaphor | describing by comparing 2 things –one known and one unknown- saying something “is”. Her eyes are sparkling diamonds |
| Internal Rhyme | rhyme that occurs within the line |
| Hyperbole | an exageration |
| extended metaphor | a metaphor that extends throughout the lines of a poem |
