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| Alliteration | the repetition of the initial sound in a series of words |
| Rhyme | when words in a poem have the same or similar sounds |
| Onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds |
| Simile | figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike things using "like", "as", or "than" |
| Metaphor | figurative language that compares two unlike things without using "like", "as", or "than" |
| Idiom | an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words |
| Personification | giving inanimate objects human characteristics |
| Hyperbole | an exaggeration typically meant to be humorous |
| Imagery | the use of concrete images and sensory details to create a picture in the reader's mind |
| Line | similar to a sentence in prose |
| Stanza | similar to a paragraph in prose |
| verse | another name for a line of poetry |
| rhythm | the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyme. Usually end rhyme. |
