| A | B |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate or suggest the sound of what is being created |
| rhythm | pattern of beats in poetry |
| alliteration | the repetition of sound at the beginning of words |
| mood | the emotional quality or atmosphere of a poem of story |
| rhyme | the repetition of identical or similar sounds at the ends of words used close to one another |
| imagery | use of "word pictures" by poets that appeal to readers' senses and help them visualize what they are reading |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern formed by the end rhyme in a poem using the letters of the alphabet to name each new rhyme |
| personification | a figure of speech in which a human quality is given to an animal, object, or idea |
| simile | compares unlike things using the words like or as |
| metaphor | compares unlike things NOT using the words llike or as |
| repetition | the recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in poetry |
| personification | "Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear" |
| alliteration | "Good books are bandages" |
| rhyme | him, grim |
| onomatopoeia | "Clankity Clankity Clankity Clank |
| rhyme scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGG |
| simile | "Ankylosaurus was built like a tank" |
| metaphor | "Its hide was a fortress" |
| onomatopoeia | buzz, tick-tock, swish |
| alliteration | silver speck |