| A | B |
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| form | the way a poem looks on a page |
| stanzas | lines are grouped this way |
| free verse | poems that have no regular pattern |
| voice | is the speaker of the poem that relates the story or ideas |
| idiom | can't explain literally - it's on the tip of my tongue |
| rhyme | repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words |
| repetition | of sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines is a device poets use to emphasize an idea or create a feeling |
| imagery | appeals to reader's five senses |
| simile | uses like, as, or as if -compare two unlike things |
| lines | poems are written this way |
| structured form | if lines in a stanza have a regular, repeated pattern |
| speaker | may be the poet; may be a character created by the poet |
| dialect | a form of language spoken in a certain place by a certain group of people |
| meter | the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables - creates rhythm |
| onomatopoeia | bam! pow! |
| figurative language | words and phrases that help readers picture ordinary things in new ways |
| metaphor | compare two unlike things - no comparison words used |
| analogy | comparison between two things that seem dissimilar, in order to show the ways in which they might be similar |
| personification | The wind laughed as it ran through the trees. |
| end rhyme | most common; occurs at the ends of lines |
| inferences | logical conclusions based on evidence |
| rhyme scheme | end rhyme forms a pattern which can be charted |
| internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line |
| alliteration | Bailey bought butterflies. |
| cliche | overused expression or idea |
| flashback | used to recall events that happened in a character's past |
| foreshadowing | a hint or suggestion that something will happen later in the story |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| irony | means the exact opposite of what it says |
| rhythm | pattern of stressed & unstressed syllables in each line |
