| A | B |
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| Assonance | pattern of repeating vowel sounds in the middle or end of words |
| Alliteration | pattern of repeating consonant sounds in the beginning of words |
| Speaker | narrator or voice in a poem |
| Dialect | a regional way of speaking |
| Imagery | poet’s use of descriptive language to help reader visualize |
| Mood | the way poet wants reader to feel while reading |
| Tone | the way poet feels towards his subject |
| Symbol | something that represents something else |
| Verse | a line in a poem |
| Stanza | a section of lines in a poem |
| Prose | writing that is not in verse |
| Rhyme scheme | pattern of end rhyme in poem |
| Meter | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| Free verse | poetry that does not rhyme |
| Figurative language | language that has a metaphorical meaning |
| Simile | comparison between two unlike things using like or as |
| Metaphor | comparison between two unlike things without like or as |
| Personification | literary device that gives human abilities to non-human things |
| Internal conflict | problem within oneself |
| External conflict | problem with someone or something else |
| Main idea | what a text is mostly about |
| Theme | lesson or message about life |
