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| rhyme scheme | The repeated regular pattern of rhymes usually found at the ends of lines in a poem. |
| metaphor | A direct comparison between two unlike objects. It does NOT use the words "like" or "as." |
| quatrain | A poem with four lines in a stanza. |
| ode | A poem that celebrates or praises a person, place, or thing. |
| free verse | A poem that has no order or pattern of line length or rhyme. |
| figurative language | The TOOLS that a writer uses to create a special effect or feeling that goes beyond the literal meaning |
| alliteration | The repetition of the same sound at the beginnings of several words |
| rhyme | The repetition of the same sounds at the ends of words. |
| simile | A comparison between two unlike objects using the words "like" of "as." |
| personification | Giving a nonhuman object a human quality |
| rhythm | The musical quality created by a pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| idiom | A widely used expression that has a meaning other than its literal definition |
| onomatopoeia | The use of words that sound like or imitate the noises they describe |
