| A | B |
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| stanza | like a paragraph in a story; a group of verses that make up a division of a poem |
| imagery | appeals to one or more of the five senses through the use of words |
| metaphor | one person or object is compared to another by saying that one IS the other |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| personification | gives characteristics of living things to nonliving things |
| onomatopoeia | words imitate natural sounds |
| alliteration | repeating the same sound at the beginning of two or more words |
| end rhyme | words that rhyme appear at the end of lines |
| irony | uses words to suggest the opposite of their literal meaning |
| couplet | 2 line stanza |
| triplet | 3 line stanza |
| quatrain | 4 line stanza |
| symbolism | a concrete or real object used to represent an idea |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
| internal rhyme | words that rhyme appear within a line |
