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| alliteration | repeating sounds by using words whose BEGINNING sounds are the same |
| assonance | repeating sounds by using words with the same VOWEL sounds |
| ballad | a form of poetry that tells a story, passed from person to person, often as a simple song |
| limerick | a 5-line poem in which the 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines, and the 3rd and 4th lines, rhyme |
| consonance | the repetition of CONSONANT sounds usually within the context of several words |
| end rhyme | a rhyming pattern in which the ENDS of lines contain the same sound |
| figurative language | language that uses word pictures to compare or describe, and that is not meant to be taken literally |
| free verse | poetry that does not have a strict rhyming pattern or regular line length & uses actual speech patterns for the rhythm of sound |
| Haiku | a form of Japanese poetry having 3 lines with 5 syllables in the 1st, 7 in the 2nd, & 5 in the third |
| imagery | the use of word pictures that appeal to the five senses |
