| Term | Definition |
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| Alliteration | The repeition of the firt letter in a series of words |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants. |
| Consonance | The repetition of the sound of a series of words. |
| End rhyme | The rhyming of words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry |
| Free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular rhyme scheme |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning, as in clang, buzz, and twang. |
| Repetition | The repeating of a word, a phrase, or an idea for emphasis or for rhythmic effect |
| Rhyme | The similarity or likeness between two words. |
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| Stanza | A paragraph like group of lines |
| Dialect | a form of language spoken in a certian place by a certian person or group. |
| Figurative language | nonliteral language use to make a point clearer or enhance it. |
| form | the look of a poem that can add to it's meaning |
| hyperbole | a deliberate exaggeration |
| idiom | a descriptive expression that means something different than the words it is made up of |
| imagery | writing that appeals to the 5 senses |
| lines | poems are written in lines |
| metaphor | a comparison not using "like" or "as" |
| personification | giving animals or objects human qualities |
| simile | a comparison using "like" or "as" |
| sound | words that that appeal to the listening sense of the reader |
| speaker | the voice expressed in the poem |
| structured form | a pattern of lines in a poem |
| theme | the main message of the poem |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme in a poem |
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