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| metaphor | a figure of speech where a comparison is made beween two unlike objects |
| simile | a comparison using "like" or "as" |
| personification | a figure of speech where an object or animal is given human qualities |
| hyperbole | a extreme exaggeration for effect |
| onomatopoeia | a sound device where the word actually makes the sound |
| alliteration | repetition of the initial consonant sound in a word |
| assonance | repetition of the vowel sounds in a word; creates mood |
| rhythm | the beat or the pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| mood | the atmosphere in a piece of writing |
| stanza | a group of lines in poetry |
| ode | a poem that celebrates a subject |
| quatrain | A poem with a stanza of four lines |
| couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
| narrative poem | a poem that tells a story |
| theme | the message that the author wants you to know about life |
| tone | the attitude of the author towards its subject |
| figures of speech | metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification |
| internal rhyme | a rhyme in the middle of the line |
| imagery | vivid words that paint a picture in the reader's head |
| sound device | alliteration, assonance,onomatopoeia, rhyme |
| literal language | language that means exactly what it says |
| figurative language | language that says something in a new and creative way |
| rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhyme in a poem |
| haiku | A Japanese poem with 17 syllables |
| Free verse | A poem that does not rhyme |
