| Term | Definition |
|---|
| rhyme | repitition of accented VOWEL sounds |
| rhythm | musical quality in language produced by repetition |
| alliteration | repetition of the same CONSONANT sounds usually at the beg. of words |
| assonance | rep. of sim. vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds |
| consonance | recurrance of repetition of consonants |
| ballad | song that tells a story |
| blank verse | poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| concrete poem | poem in which the typographical arrangement of words in important |
| epic | long story told in elevated language, which relates to the great deeds of a hero |
| figurative language | the writer describes something through the use of unusual comparisons |
| free verse | poetry taht doesn't have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| limerick | a light of humorous verse form of 5 anapestic verses |
| lyric poem | doesnt tell a story but is aimed at expressing a speakers emotions |
| meter | generally reg. patter of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry |
| quatrain | a unit or group of 4 lines of verse |
| sonnet | 14 line lyric poem usually written in iambic pentameter and has one of several rhyme schemes |
| mood | atmosphere/feeling it evokes |
| tone | attitude towards the subject |
| hyperbole | exageration |
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