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| alliteration | repetition of letter sounds within a line of poetry |
| stanza | major divion of a poem based upon a thought or form |
| meter | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line of poetry |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of the end rhyme |
| image | a word picture |
| metaphor | a comparison between 2 unlike things |
| iamb | unit of meter consisting of 1 unstressed syllable followed by 1 stressed syllable |
| sonnet | a 14 line rhyming poem with a definite meter |
| end rhyme | words which sound alike at the end of a line of poetry |
| internal rhyme | words which sound alike within a line of poetry |
| oxymoron | combination of contradictory words; jumbo shrimp |
| blank verse | poetry which contains rhythm but not rhyme |
| simile | comparison between two unlike things using like or as |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sounds within a line of poetry |
| couplet | 2 line stanza |
| quatrain | 4 line stanza |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration (ex. mile high) |
| metric foot | unit of meter |
| iambic pentameter | 5 ul to 1 line of poetry |
| onomatopoeia | word which sounds like what it is (ex. bang, pop) |
| free verse | poem having no rhythm and no rhyme |
| Shakespearean sonnet | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
| pun | joke made from play on words |
| double entendre | more than one meaning or interpretation |
