| A | B |
| Persona | the voice or character speaking or narrating a story |
| Oral interpretation | reading aloud aliterary text with expression |
| Rhyme scheme | a consistent pattern of end rhyme throughout a poem |
| Alliteration | the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word |
| Assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words |
| Consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds |
| Monologue | speech or written expression of thoughts by a character and is always written from the first-person point of view |
| Pantomime | a form of acting without words, using motions, gestures, and expressions to convey emotions or situations |
| Verse | a synonym for poetry |
| Prose | an antonym for poetry |