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may, say, lay, day, ray, and faye are examples of this

What is true rhyme?

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A comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a simile?
100

A poem that has no rhyme, meter or pattern

What is free verse?

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Two lines at the end of a poem that rhymes. These two lines are usually at the end of a sonnet.
What is a couplet?
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A japanese form of poetry that has only three lines. Line one has five syllables. Line two has seven syllables. Line three has five syllables.
What is haiku?
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Rhyme within a line

What is internal rhyme?

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A comparison of two unlike things using being verbs. The cat is a green frog.
What is metaphor?
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A poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
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The way that lines are grouped in a poem.
What is a stanza?
200

a word or piece of text in which the design and layout of the letters creates a visual image related to the meaning of the words themselves

What is a calligramme?

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Words that look like they should rhyme but they do not. Ex: laughter, daughter

What is eye rhyme?

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Saying something is bigger, smaller, worse, or better than it actually is. She scared me to death.

What is hyperbole?

300

A reference to something that is considered common knowledge drawn from literature, history, mythology, popular culture or religion

What is an allusion?

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a statement that appears contradictory, but actually makes sense upon analysis

What is a paradox?

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Words that sound like what they mean. Snap, crackle, or pop are examples.
What is onomatopoeia?
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When a poem does not have any rhyme, a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, and adheres to no form.
What is free verse?
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repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses..

What is anaphora?

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A fourteen line poem that follows a strict rhyme and line form.
What is a sonnet?
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When a nonhuman object is given human characteristics. The limbs scratching at my window. The wind howling or hollering outside.
What is personification?
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Repetition of the same beginning sound in words. Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
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AABB is know as 

What is rhyme scheme?

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The repetition of words at the end of clauses to add emphasis/meaning or build to a climax

What is epistrophe?

500

full and till are an example of 

What is an impure rhyme?

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The author's attitude toward the character, the subject, or the audience.
What is tone?
500
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?