| A | B |
| line | a verse of poetry |
| stanza | a unit of lines like a paragraph |
| rhyme | words that have the same ending sound |
| repetition | words, sounds, or lines that are repeated |
| theme | the central idea or message |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
| imagery | language that appeals to the five senses |
| alliteration | words that have the same starting sound |
| personification | giving nonhuman things human characteristics |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds |
| hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| simile | comparing two things using like or as |
| metaphor | comparing two things that appear different |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyming lines |