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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 |