| A | B |
|---|
| Free verse | No rhyme scheme in a poem |
| Alliteration | Consonant sound repetition at the beginning of a poem |
| Assonance | Vowel sound repeating in the middle of a word |
| Speaker | Narrator of a poem |
| Imagery | Descriptive language, all 5 senses |
| Mood | Audience's feeling of a poem |
| Personification | Human characteristics to a non-human thing |
| Devour | Eat up hungrily |
| Flutter | Move gently back and forth |
| Quantity | An amount |
| Eager | Intense desire |
| Dismal | Dreary |
| Self-centered | Caring only about your own needs |
| Onomatopeia | Words to describe a sound |
| Theme | Lesson about life |
| Ballad | Long poem, tells a story |
| Desperate | Frantic |
| Patient | Deal with things without getting upset |
| Reinforce | Support something |
| Reinforcements | Things used to add more support |
| Mature | Old, wise |
| Nonsense | Ridiculous talk |
| Hyperbole | MAJOR exaggeration |
| Traitor | Someone who betrays |
| Misconception | Incorrect belief |
