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	Term	Definition
	couplet	two lines created for each other
	alliteration	repetition of consonant sound
	consonance	constant repetition of sound
	assonance	repetition of a vowel
	figurative language	describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true
	free verse	poetry free of a regular meter or rhyme scheme
	imagery	appeals to the senses; vivid image created in mind
	limerick	often humorous five-line verse; rhyme scheme (aabba)
	metaphor	comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing
	onomatopoeia	use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
	personification	a nonhuman or nonliving thing is talked about as if it were human
	refrain	a repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines (poem, songs, speeches)
	rhyme	repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them
	end rhyme	rhymes at the end of the line
	internal rhyme	rhymes within the lines
	simile	comparison between two unlike things using a word such as like, as, than or resembles
	stanza	group of lines that form a unit
	symbol	person, place, thing, or an event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself as well

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