meter		the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words
stanza		the pattern of stressed and unstressed sylables; the beat
assonance		using language to create a sensory experience
ballad		the words of a lyrical poem(such as ballad, sonnet, or ode) or song
oxymoron		criticizing something by making fun of it
internal rhyme		language that imitates sounds
quatrain		a stanza containing four lines
alliteration		language that uses figures of speech to modify the literal meanings of words
metaphor		bestows human characteristics on anything non-human
figurative language		the comparison two unlike things using like or as
iamb		rhyme that occurs withing a line of verse
iambic pentameter		the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry
rhythm		five pairs of iambs making up one line of poetry
rhyme		a figure of speech that usues extreme exaggeration
lyrics		the repetion of sounds at the ends of words
personification		a metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable and one unaccented syllable
simile		combines two words with opposite definitions
sonnet		a poem that recounts a story
imagery		two successive lines of rhyming verse
onomatopoeia		a grouped set of lines in a poem
cinquain		a short, unrhymed five-lined poem with a 2,4,6,8,2 pattern
couplet		a poem that consists of 14 lines with the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
hyperbole		unrhymed verse in iambic pentameter
satire		a play on words
blank verse		the comparison two unlike things
haiku		a Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines with a 5,7,5 pattern
pun		the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in proximate words