| A | B |
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| figures of speech | describes one thing in trms of another |
| stanzas | lines of poetry grouped into units |
| rhythm | the rise and fall of voices as sounds are stressed |
| refrain | a l ine or group of lines repeated at regular intervals |
| rhyme | the repetition of vowel sounds |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a line |
| end rhyme | rhyme at the end of a line |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhymes |
| free verse | no pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables |
| meter | a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| onomatopoeia | a word whose sound suggests its meaning |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison WITHOUT using like or as |
| personification | giving human qualities to things that are not human |
