| A | B |
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| Narrative Poem | A verse that tells a story |
| Sonnet | A fourteen line poem that follows one of a number of different rhyme themes |
| Ode | A lofty lyric poem on a serious theme |
| Free Verse | Poetry that avoids use of regular rhyme, rhythm, meter, or division into stanzas |
| Lyric Poem | A highly musical verse that expresses the emotions of a speaker |
| Stanza | A group of lines in a poem |
| End Rhyme | Rhyming words at the end of lines |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhyming words within lines |
| Slant Rhyme | Half rhyme, near rhyme, or off rhyme is the substitution of assonance or consonance for true rhyme |
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words or phrases that sound like the things to which they refer (ex: click, snap, and pow) |
| Couplet | Two lines |
| Rhythm/Meter | The pattern of beats or stresses in a line of verse or prose |
| Prose | Broad term used to describe all writing that is not drama or poetry |
| Rhyme | repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| Rhyme Scheme | pattern of rhyming words, marked by new letters for new rhyming sounds |
| tone | the author's attitude toward the subject |
| mood | the emotion felt by the reader |
| theme | a truth about life revealed in writing |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things using forms of be |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| personification | a nonhuman thing takes on human characteristics, actions, or emotions |
| idiom | an expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
