| A | B |
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| narrative | a poem that tells a story |
| alliteration | repeating the same starting sound; like a tongue twister |
| rhyme | words that have the same ending sound; like hat and bat |
| stanza | lines organized together like a paragraph |
| imagery | words that deal with the five senses |
| metaphor | comparing two things that appear different |
| line | a verse of poetry |
| personification | nonhuman things with human characteristics |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyming lines |
| simile | comparing two things using like or as |
| theme | the main point or lesson |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
| repetition | words, sounds, or lines that repeat |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| free verse | a poem that does not have a fixed pattern or rhyme scheme |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds |
