| A | B |
| allusion | reference to anything outside the writing that the writer expects the reader to know |
| rhyme | ends of words that sound alike |
| rhyme scheme | letters of the alphabet used to chart rhyme |
| end rhyme | ends of the lines that rhyme (used to chart the rhyme scheme) |
| near rhyme | words that look like they might rhyme but do not |
| internal rhyme | words that rhyme within a line |
| lines | how words are grouped in poetry |
| stanza | how lines are grouped in poetry |
| alliteration | repeating of consonant sounds usually at the beginnings of words |
| poetry | written in lines & stanzas |
| prose | written in sentences & paragraphs |