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| alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word |
| free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter |
| metaphor | a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity |
| onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
| poem | a composition in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines |
| prose | ordinary writing as distinguished from verse |
| simile | a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things |
| ballad | a narrative poem of popular origin |
| couplet | a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse |
| haiku | an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines |
| limerick | a humorous rhymed verse form of five lines |
| meter | a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse |
| quatrain | a stanza of four lines |
| sonnet | a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| idiom | expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words |
| tone | a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author |
| mood | verb inflections that express how the action is conceived |
| evaluate | estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of something |
| analyze | break down into components or essential features |
| compose | produce a literary work |
| inference | drawing a conclusion on the basis of circumstantial evidence |
