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| 9125347827 | alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | 0 | |
| 9125347828 | assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end with the same consonant | 1 | |
| 9125347829 | consonance | repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words | 2 | |
| 9125347831 | rhythm | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line | 3 | |
| 9125347833 | rhyme scheme | a regular pattern of rhyme | 4 | |
| 9125347834 | *meter | a regular pattern of rhythm | 5 | |
| 9125347835 | lines | what all poems are made of, they are sort of like sentences. | 6 | |
| 9125347836 | form | refers to a poem's structure or the way the words are arranged on the page | 7 | |
| 9125347837 | *stanzas | a group of lines, which function like a paragraph | 8 | |
| 9125347840 | sonnets | poems that have 14 lines and are written in a strict pattern of rhythm and rhyme | 9 | |
| 9125347842 | couplet | pair of rhyming lines | 10 | |
| 9125347843 | end rhyme | rhyme at the end of lines | 11 | |
| 9125347845 | sound devices | resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound | 12 | |
| 9125347848 | *speaker | the voice that talks to the reader in a literary work | 13 | |
| 9125347849 | free verse | a style of poetry with no regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme. | 14 | |
| 9125347855 | dialect | a variation of a language | 15 | |
| 9125347858 | Figurative Language | conveys meanings beyond the literal meanings of words | 16 | |
| 9125347859 | simile | a comparison of two unlike things using the words: like or as | 17 | |
| 9125347860 | *metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things using a form of the verb "to be" (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been) | 18 | |
| 9125347861 | *personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things | 19 | |
| 9125347862 | hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect | 20 | |
| 9125347863 | *imagery | words or phrases that re-create sensory experiences for readers | 21 | |
| 9125413630 | *structure | the way the poem is built, such as three stanzas of terza rima, or one stanza (continuous form) of successive couplets | 22 | |
| 9125445070 | terza rima | an arrangement of triples, especially in iambs, that rhyme aba, bcb, cdc, etc. | 23 | |
| 9125465810 | iamb | a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable. | 24 | |
| 9125481314 | sestet | the last six lines of a sonnet / a stanza of six lines | 25 | |
| 9125495426 | internal rhyme | words that rhyme within a line of poetry | 26 | |
| 9125509651 | *tone | the emotional quality of a poem, such as regretful or contemplative. Also refers to the speaker's attitude about a particular thing or idea | 27 | |
| 9125519331 | unity | the degree to which elements of a poem work together to produce a coherent effect | 28 | |
| 9125528773 | pun | a play on words where the juxtaposition of meanings is ironic or humorous | 29 | |
| 9125538515 | iambic pentameter | a line of five iambic feet, or ten syllables | 30 | |
| 9125551041 | fixed form | poetry that follows fixed "rules" about numbers of lines, meter, rhyme schemes, etc | 31 | |
| 9125567819 | *apostrophe | a speaker directly addresses something or someone not living, such as the wind, or a lady in a tapestry | 32 | |
| 9125582849 | *epigram | a short quotation or verse that precedes a poem (or any text) that sets a tone, provides a setting, or gives some other context for the poem | 33 |
