| A | B |
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| Narrative Poem | A verse that tells a story |
| Dramatic Poem | A verse that relies heavily on dramatic elements such as monologue or dialogue |
| Sonnet | A fourteen line poem that follows one of a number of different rhyme themes |
| Ode | A lofty lyric poem on a serious theme |
| Monologue | One person speaking |
| Dialogue | More than one person speaking |
| Free Verse | Poetry that avoids use of regular rhyme, rhythm, meter, or division into stanzas |
| Lyric Poem | A highly musical verse that expresses the emotions of a speaker |
| Stanza | A group of lines in a poem |
| End Rhyme | Rhyming words at the end of lines |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhyming words within lines |
| Slant Rhyme | Half rhyme, near rhyme, or off rhyme is the substitution of assonance or consonance for true rhyme |
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| Consonance | A kind of slant rhyme in which the ending consonant sounds of two words match, but the preceding vowel sound does not |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words or phrases that sound like the things to which they refer (ex: click, snap, and pow) |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another |
| Simile | A comparison using like or as |
| Couplet | Two lines |
| Octave | Eight lines |
| Triplet | Three lines |
| Quatrain | Four lines |
| Quintain | Five lines |
| Sestet | Six lines |
| Heptastich | Seven lines |
| Rhythm | The pattern of beats or stresses in a line of verse or prose |
| Prose | Broad term used to describe all writing that is not drama or poetry |
