| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ballad | a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited |
| sonnet | a lyric poem of 14 lines, usually written in iambic pentameter |
| repetition | a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis |
| refrain | the repetition of one of more lines in each stanza of a poem |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds within nonrhyming words |
| figurative language | language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words |
| personification | figure of speech where human qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea |
| simile | figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the word like or as |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words such as pow, buzz, crunch, whose sound suggest their meaning |
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