- alliteration: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in syllables
- anonymous: no one knows
- ballad: a narrative poem that tells a simple and dramatic story
- choral reading: a performance by a group or chorus of readers
- conflict: a stuggle between opposing sides
- figurative language: language that appeals to the imaganation
- folktales: stories that have been passed down orally
- free verse: poetry with irregular rhythms and varied line lenghts
- haiku: a special type of poerty from Japan, has seventeen syllables arranged in three lines
- legend: an imaginative story
- limerick: a kind of light or humorous verse, follows a pattern, and has five lines
- lyric poetry: poetry that expresses that poet's thoughts and feelings
- paraphrase: a restatement of a story or passage in your own words
- personification: giving human qualities
- sensory language: language that appeals to sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste
- stanzas: groups of lines that forms units in a poem
- symbol: any person, place, or thing that has a meaning in itself or stands for something
- theme: the main idea expressed in litersry work
- three basic elements of poetry: rhythm, rhyme, and refrin
- yarn: a tale or story filled with exaggeration
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