| A | B |
| rhymes | the repetition of sound |
| exact rhymes | rhymes perfectly |
| end rhymes | rhymes that occur and the end of lines |
| slant rhymes | have sounds that are similar but not exactly the same |
| internal rhymes | rhymes that occur within lines |
| free verse | sounds like ordinary speech which has no pattern |
| narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story |
| alliteration | the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words close together” |
| rhythm | the rise and fall of our voices as we use language |
| meter | a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like what they are |