| A | B |
| stanza | A group of lines |
| rhythm | The basic beat of poetry |
| figurative language | A way of speaking or writing in which the speaker or writer describes a familiar thing in a new or different way |
| literal language | A way of speaking or wriing in which the speaker or writer describes a familiar thing in a new or different way. |
| hyperbole | An exaggeration for emphasis |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison that does not use like or as |
| personification | A figure of speech in which human qualitis are given to places, objects, animals, or ideas. |
| ode | a poem that celebrates a subject |
| narrative poem | A poem that tells a story. |