correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, esp. when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry
Ex: The store had to close before he got medicine for his nose
Rhythm
a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
Handclaps
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
She sang songs Saturday & Sunday so soulful the sound
Assonance
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Her heart is a sweet chocolate bar
Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Lyric Poetry
Lyric poems typically express personal or emotional feelings and have specific rhyming schemes that are often, but not always, set to music or a beat
Turn back the heart you've turned away
Give back your kissing breath
Leave not my love as you have left
The broken hearts of yesterday
But wait, be still, don't lose this way
Affection now, for what you guess
May be something more, could be less
Accept my love, live for today.
Narrative Poetry
Narrative poetry is a form of poetry which tells a story that can be short or long, and complex Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work
The sweat dripped down from is face as he took a deep breath before shooting his final free-throw Personification
Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
The couch cried when she sat down
Simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing with the words like or as
The girl wore makeup like a clown
Refrain
stop oneself from doing something
The children refrained from eating all their candy on Halloween night
Limerick
a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba
