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| poetry | one of three types of literature that uses precise, musical, and emotionally charged language |
| prose | the ordinary form of written language |
| figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally |
| simile | a figure of speech using "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things |
| metaphor | figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as" |
| personification | figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics |
| stanza | a poetic paragraph; lines of poetry sharing a single topic |
| refrain | repetition of lines in stanzas of a poem |
| symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| rhyme | repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| onomatopoeia | words imitate sounds |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in or among lines of poetry |
| meter | the pattern of rhythm in a poem |
| rhyme scheme | like meter, the pattern of rhyme in a poem |
| tone | the author's attitude toward his subject |
| mood | the atmosphere the poem creates in the reader |
| imagery | pictures created through vivid description |
| dialect | regional manner of using and pronouncing words |
| narrative | poem that tells a story |
| haiku | Japanese poem of three lines |
| limerick | humorous, five-line poem |
| ballad | narrative poem set to music |
| free verse | poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern or meter |
| lyric poetry | highly musical verse that reflects the feelings of a single speaker |
| concrete poem | the poem's shape suggests its subject |
