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| Alliteration | the repetition of the initial sound in a series of words |
| Quatrain | four rhyming lines of poetry |
| End Rhyme | the repetition of the last sounds in a series of words |
| 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 is particular to a culture or group of people |
| Personification | giving inanimate objects human characteristics |
| Ode | a poem in praise of something divine or noble |
| Hyperbole | an exaggeration typically meant to be humorous |
| Narrative Poem | a poem which tells a story |
| 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 |
| Meter | the measured arrangement of words in poetry to create rhythm (typically syllables) |
| Imagery | words that create a picture for the reader |
| Haiku | a Japanese poem with 3 unrhymed lines of 5/7/5 syllables |
| Lyric Poem | a poem that expresses the poet's thoughts and emotions |
| Rhyme Scheme | the pattern of end rhymes in a poem using lower case letters |
| Free verse | unrhymed poetry; like conversation |
| Couplet | a pair of rhyming lines of poetry |
| Sonnet | a 14 lined poem using iambic pentameter |
| Epic | a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds |
