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| alliteration | the repetition of the initial consonant |
| haiku | 3 lined poem of 5-7-5 that expresses a single thought |
| hyperpole | an exaggeration that goes beyond reality to emphasize a point |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing is the other thing. |
| onomatopoeia | use of words that imitate sounds |
| personification | things or animals are given human qualities |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using the word like or as |
| stanza | group of lines; poem's paragraph |
| epic | long serious poem about a hero’s life |
| sonnet | 14 line poem that has a specific rhyme scheme and rhythm |
| refrain | word, line or stanza that repeats |
| dramatic | poetry in the form of a conversation |
| free verse | a poem with no prescribed rhyme scheme or rhythm |
| quatrain | 4 line stanza with a rhyme scheme |
| lyric | poetry that expresses thoughts, feelings and observations |
| ballad | story through song; 4 line stanzas |
| vilanelle | 19 line poem with an A-B-A rhyme scheme and a repeated line |
| couplet | 2 rhyming lines |
| narrative | poetry that tells a story |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of end sounds; marked with a letter |
| consonance | the repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants |
