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| Genre | Type or category of literature |
| Form | Type of poem (narrative, haiku, sonnet, etc.) |
| Rhythm | Pattern of beats or stresses that help a poem to flow |
| Stanza | Group or section of lines in a poem |
| Meter | A poem's rhymical pattern |
| Free verse | A poem that does not follow regular rhyme, meter, stanza divsion, etc. |
| Imagery | When language/wording in a poem helps to create a mental picture about something |
| Literal Meaning | When the meaning of a poem or its words is exact |
| Symbolic Meaning | When the meaning of a poem or its words could stand for something not actually mentioned in the poem |
| Metaphor | Comparison of unlike things--does NOT use like/as/than |
| Simile | Comparison of unlike things--DOES use LIKE, AS, or THAN |
| Personification | When an object or animal is given human-like traits |
| Symbolism | When one thing stands for (represents) another |
| Hyperbole | Comparison (usually a simile) that is extremely exaggerated to emphasize something |
| Figurative langauge | Words meant to be understood imaginatively, not literally (like hyperbole, metaphor, etc.) |
| End rhyme | Rhyme that occurs at the end of different lines in a poem |
| Internal rhyme | The use of rhyming words within lines in a poem |
| Onomatopoeia | When words spell out sounds (buzz, bang, grrrr) |
| Alliteration | When beginning sounds of nearby words are similar (She sells seashells) |
| Repetition | When words or phrases are repeated to emphasize an idea |
| Assonance | When middle sounds of nearby words rhyme (run/dumb, moon/June) |
| Consonance | When end sounds of words are similar (bing/rang, sleep/clip) |
