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| The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | Alliteration |
| A horizontal row of words, which may or may not form a compete sentence | Line |
| Involves giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea | Personification |
| A basic unit in poetry for measuring rhythm | Foot |
| The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem-a person, animal, or even an object | Speaker |
| Compares two unlike things | Metaphor |
| The use of a word or phrase such as buzz or clank, that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes | Onomatopoeia |
| Rhyme that occurs within the lines of a poem | Internal |
| The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllables of words in a line | Rhythm |
| A group of lines forming a unit-in a poem that are separated by a line of space | Stanza |
| Uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things | Simile |
| Descriptive language used to represent objects, feelings, and thoughts-appeals to the five senses | Imagery |
| An expression that greatly exaggerates | Hyperbole |
| Rhyme that occurs with the last word in lines of poetry | End |
| The repetition of the same stressed vowel sound and any succeeding sounds in two or more words | Rhyme |
| A word or expression that is not to be taken factually (literally) ex: It is raining cats and dogs. | Figuratvie Language |
| The emotional quality or atmosphere of a literary work | Mood |
| Poetry that does not have a regular pattern, regular line lengths, or a regula rhythm | Free Verse |
| The reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a poem | Tone |
| An object that represents, or stands for, someting else-in poetry it is a word or phrase that conveys an idea beyond the words literal meaning | Symbol |
