Haiku - 3 lines, syllable rule of 5,7,5, Ballad - Has a repeating chorus, Cinquain - 5 lines, syllable rule of 2,4,6,8,2, Limmerick - Usually begins with "There once was a ..." Rhyme scheme of A, A, B, B, A, Acrostic - A word about the topic is written vertically, words or phrases that describe the topic are added to each line horizontally., Diamante - 7 lines, shaped like a diamond, usually contrasts 2 topics, Concrete - shaped like the topic of the poem, Free Verse - Follows no rules, Sonnet - 14 lines, Rhythm - The beat of a poem, like the beat of a song, Rhyme - words that have the same ending sound, Alliteration - When the author uses words that start with the same beginning sound, Repetition - When the author repeats words or phrases , Stanza - A group of lines in poetry, like a paragraph, Rhyme Scheme - The pattern of rhyming used in a poem, Personification - Giving a non-human object human-like characteristics, Imagery - When the author uses sensory details to make a picture in the readers mind., Simile - Comparing two things using like or as, Metaphor - Comparing two things using is or are, Onomatopoeia - Sound words,

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