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| alliteration | the same sounds at the beginning of each word |
| classification | putting things into categories of the same type |
| couplet | two consecutive lines that usually rhyme |
| haiku | a Japanese form of poetry that has three lines and seventeen syllables |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement used for effect and not meant to be taken literally |
| limerick | a funny poem written with five lines. The first two lines and the last line all rhyme. The third and the fourth lines rhyme. |
| metaphor | the comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes |
| organism | a living thing made up of one or more cells |
| personification | giving human traits to non-living things |
| repetition | to repeat over and over again |
| rhyme | the repetition of similar sounds; mean and lean |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines of poetry |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| stanza | a verse in a song or poem |
