| A | B |
|---|
| imagery | Language that appeals to the 5 senses |
| simile | A comparison between 2 things using 'like or as' |
| metaphor | A comparison in which one thing is said to be something else |
| personification | Figurative language in which non-human things are given human characteristics |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| onomatopoeia | use of words that imitate sounds "buzz" "pop" |
| stanza | the grouping of lines in a poem |
| free verse, blank verse | poetry with very little or no end rhyme |
| rhythm | pattern of stessed/unstressed syllables and rhyme |
| rhyme scheme | a regular pattern of end rhyme labeled with letters |
| sonnet | a 14 line poem about a single emotion with a fixed rhyme scheme |
| end rhyme | Exact rhyming words at the end of lines. |
| allusion | A reference to an event in history, a person, or a literary work |
| couplet | Two lines that rhyme |
| symbol | Something that is itself and also stands for something else (white flag) |
| fixed verse | Poetry with a lot of end rhyme. |
| hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration. |
| internal rhyme | Rhyming words within the same line of poetry. |
| oxymoron | The combination of two words with opposite meanings (jumbo shrimp) |
| tone | The attitude of the speaker toward the subject |
| mood | The way a poem or story makes the reader feel. |
| repetition | When a specific word or phrase is used several times in a poem. |
| slant rhyme (off rhyme) | Words at the ends of lines that have similar sounds, but don't rhyme exactly. |
| theme | A universal message the reader learns from the poem. |
