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Rhyme Time
Poetry element words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rhyme | repetition of similar sounds in words |
| rhythm | pattern created by sounds in words, like beat in music |
| internal rhyme | repetition of similar sounds inside a sentence or within lines of poetry |
| external rhyme | repetition of similar sounds, typically at ends of lines in poetry |
| rhyme scheme | how lines in a poem rhyme; the pattern created by rhyme |
| repetition | repeated use of words, sounds, ideas, phrases, or sentence structures |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at beginning of words |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in words close together |
| figurative | use of ideas in a way beyond the literal meaning/ beyond their deontation |
| literal | denotation - dictionary definition or meaning; means exactly what it is supposed to |