a type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in striking and imaginative ways

a single line of words in a poem

a group of lines

a line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem

a beat created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in a word

the repetition of vowel or consonant sounds at the ends of words

rhymes that follow a particular pattern

the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words

the use of any element of language – a sound, word, or phrase – more than once

the use of words that imitate sounds

a word in its literal, dictionary definition

consists of the ideas and feelings that the word brings to mind

descriptions that appeal to the five sense and help create vivid word pictures

uses the word like or as to compare to seeming unlike things

describes one thing as if it were something else

gives human qualities to a nonhuman subject

an object, person, animal, place or image that represents something other than itself

poetry that tells a story in verse. The have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters

a three line Japanese form that describes something in nature. The first and third lines each have five syllables and the second line has seven

poetry that is defined by its lack of structure. It has no regular meter, rhythm, fixed line length or specific stanza pattern

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