| A | B |
| beats | the stressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| imagery | word pictures created through the use of figurative language or vivid descriptions |
| lines | rows of words |
| repetition | a repeating pattern of sounds or words |
| rhyme | agreement in the final sounds of words |
| rhythm | a regular pattern of beats |
| sense words | words that appeal to the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch |
| stanzas | groups of lines that make up the divisions of a poem |
| underline | titles of books and magazine or newspaper articles |
| quotation marks | titles of poems and songs |
| alliteration | the use of the same letter sound, usually at the beginning of words, in a line of a poem |
| genre | a class or category of something, especially in writing and the arts |
| fable | a type of fictional story that teaches a lesson and usually involves talking animals |
| myth | a traditional or legendary story that usually an exploration of how something came into existence; often a hero; prominent in Native American culture |
| biography | a type of nonfiction that tells about a person or his or her life |
| autobiography | a type of nonfiction text that a person writes about himself or herself |
| drama | a type of writing or production that involves some type of conflict between characters and/or other factors |