| A | B |
| poetry | selections of writing that are written in lines or verses |
| prose | text written in a way that doesn't rhyme or have a beat |
| rhythm | written, spoken, or musical pattern with a series of regularly accented beats |
| tone | the reflection of a writer's attitude |
| mood | the overall feeling a literary work causes |
| imagery | wording that allows the reader to form a mental image |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme within a work, usually noted with lower-case letters |
| couplet | a two-line poem where the last word of each line rhymes |
| triplet | a three line poem that has a rhyme scheme of aaa |
| quatrain | a four line poem that has varying rhyme schemes |