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Poetry/Drama
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Poetry | Artistic writing that creates word pictures |
| Pose | Ordinary writing in a sentence |
| Meter | A rhythmic pattern of word sounds |
| Rhyme | Words that sound the same |
| Free Verse | Words at the end of poetry lines do not rhyme |
| Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of rhyme in a poem |
| Personification | Something nonhuman doing something only humans do |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that imitate the sounds they deserve |
| Metaphor | A comparison not using "like" or "as" |
| Stanza | A paragraph in a poem |
| End rhyme | Last words that end with they same rhyme |
| Allusion | A brief reference to something or someone |
| Couplet | Two lines that rhyme |
| Haiku | A single subject peom |
| Dialogue | Lines spoken by actors |
| Drama | A story written to be performed by actors |
| Act | A major section of a play |
| Scenes | A subdivision of an act |
| Script | The written text of a play |