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| alliteration | repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in words. |
| ballad | type of poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited aloud. |
| cinquain | poetry type based on a syllable or word count of 2,4,6,8,2. |
| consonance | is the pleasing arrangement of sounds in words. |
| diamonte | poetry type that is shaped like a diamond and is formed using parts of speech |
| elegy | a sad poem which shows grief for the dead. |
| haiku | a form of Japanese poetry which has three lines focused on a single element. |
| line | a single verse of poetry |
| lyric | a poem that can appear in a variety of forms and shows the thoughts and feelings of one speaker. |
| narrative | a poem that tells a story in verse. |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like the natural noises they name. |
| refrain | a series of words or a line of poetry that is regularly repeated within the poem. |
| rhyme | repetition of sounds at the end of words. |
| rhyme scheme | an arrangement of end rhymes in a poem using letters of the alphabet |
| rhythm | created by the organization of sound from the placement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. |
| shape | a poem has the form of its subject |
| stanza | two or more lines of poetry |
| verse | is a single line of poetry |
