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