| A | B |
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| Simile | Comparison using like or as |
| Metaphor | Comparison of two things |
| Personification | Giving human traits to something not human |
| Hyperbole | Great exaggeration |
| Imagery | Used to create a picture in your mind |
| Stanza | A measure or division of a poem somewhat like a paragraph |
| Rhythm | Repetition of vowel and consonant sounds in the last syllable of two or more words |
| Rhyme | The beat created by stressed and unstressed syllables |
| Narrative | A poem that tells a story |
| Lyric | A poem that expresses a thought or feeling |
| Haiku | Japanese poem with three lines and the same number of syllables in each line |
| Limerick | A 5 line funny poem |
| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words |
| Onomatopoeia | A word that makes the same sound as what's being described |
| Refrain | A repeated part of a poem, like a chorus |
| Symbol | One thing that stands for something else |
| Concrete poem | A poem that is shaped like the topic |
