| A | B |
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| Stanza | paragraphs of a poem |
| Meter | the rhythmic pattern |
| Feet | the measure of meter |
| Iambic Tetrameter | eight syllables four Iambic Feet |
| Iambic Pentameter | ten syllables five iambic feet |
| Enjambment | a line break mid sentence |
| Rhyme | repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the end of a word |
| End Rhyme | Words at the end of the sentence rhyme |
| Direct Rhyme | exact rhyme |
| Internal Rhyme | rhymes appear within the lines rather than the end |
| Slant Rhyme | words are similar in sound but don't rhyme exactly |
| rhyme scheme | assigning letters to end of rhymes |
| Couplet | a pair of rhyming lines |
| voice | individual characteristics of the author |
| speaker | the narrator or person writing |
| Formal Tone | Standard English and formal grammar |
| Informal Tone | may feature colloquialisms |
| Denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| Connotation | Emotional association or slang |
| Sensory Detail | appeals to senses |
| Free verse | may use rhyme, sound devices, stanzas, etc, but shows no fixed pattern |
| Formal Verse | follows strict established pattern |
| Narrative | poem that tells a story |
| Epic | a long narrative about gods or heroes |
| Ballad | short story that describes a single event |
| Dramatic | tells a story using character's thoughts and words |
| Lyric | expresses the feelings of the speaker using melodic language, imagery, sound devices |
| Odes | Lyrical song of praise |
| Elegies | Lyrical song of loss that praises the dead |
| Sonnet | 14 line poem with 5 iambic feet |
| Petrarchan Sonnet | First Stanza has 8 lines, second has 6 |
| Shakespearean Sonnet | 3 stanzas of four lines followed by a couplet |
| Haiku | unrhymed stanza 5/7/5 |
| Tanka | unrhymed stanza 5/7/5/7/7 |
