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| metaphor | a word that compares unlike things without using the word like or as |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds within words |
| simile | a comparison of unlike things using the word like or as |
| stanza | a separate grouping of lines in poetry. Similar to a paragraph |
| rhythm | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poem |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern created by the repetition of common sounds found at the ends of lines |
| personification | when an object, animal, or idea exhibits human qualities |
| figurative language | language that describes ordinary things in a new way |
| sonnet | a poem of fourteen lines using a specific rhyme scheme |
| pentameter | a repetition of a rhythm five times per line |
| iamb | a combination of an unstressed and a stressed syllable |
| onomatopoeia | a word which sounds like its meaning |
