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| prose | The ordinary form of written language; fiction and nonfiction. |
| poetry | The most compact for of literature; everything is designed to create an effect or to convey a message or an experience. |
| form | The physical structure of the poem and the rules the poet follows to achieve a particular structure. |
| line of verse | a single line of words in a poem; it may or may not be a sentence. |
| stanza | A group of lines in a poem that might be comparable to a paragraph in prose. |
| concrete poem | A poem with a shape that suggests its subject; the poet arranged the letters and lines to create a picture. |
| haiku | Traditional Japanese poetry made up of 3 lines—the first and third lines have five syllables and the second line has seven syllables—usually about nature. |
| speaker | The voice that relates the idea or story of the poem. |
| emulation poem | A poem that tries to be like, another poem. |
| tribute poem | A poem written to honor someone. |
| paraphrase | To put something into your own words and tell what it means. |
| rhyme | The likeness of sounds at the end of words—usually at the end of a line. |
| rhyme scheme | The pattern of end rhyme—rhyme at the end of a line. |
| free verse | Poetry that does not rhyme. |
| rhythm | The sound pattern created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line. |
| alliteration | The deliberate (on purpose) repetition of a single sound. |
| assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words. |
| consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning, within, or at the end of words. |
| onomatopoeia | Words that resemble the sound they mean. |
| imagery | The words that appeals to the reader’s senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. |
| simile | A comparison indicated by the words “like” or “as.” |
| metaphor | A more direction comparison without using the words "like" or "as." |
| hyperbole | A gross exaggeration—one that is completely false. |
| personification | The attribution of human motives and characteristics to an object. |
