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| 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 |
| imagery-sensory details | appealing to the 5 senses; pictures made with words |
| alliteration | repeating of a consonant sound, usually at the beginnings of words |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they are |
| rhythm | a pattern of stressed & unstressed beats |
| repetition | repeating of words, phrases, and even punctuation; done so for emphasis |
| simile | using like or as to compare unlike things |
| metaphor | comparing two unlike things; creates a mental picture |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| personification | giving human traits to something not human |
| narrative poem | a poem that tells a story |
