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English Poetry
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the pattern of end rhymes designated by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each
rhyme
Rhyme scheme
rhyming words end with the same sound or sounds (ex: moon june)
Exact Rhyme
rhyming sounds are similar but not identical (ex: rave rove)
Slant Rhyme
words are spelled similarly pronounced differently (lost and ghost, give thrive)
Sight Rhyme
rhyming words inside lines
Internal rhyme
Rhyming words at the end of lines
End Rhyme
repetition of sounds in words
rhyme
similarity inconsonant sounds (consonant sounds typically appear at end of words preceding
vowel sounds differ)
Consonance
repetition of vowel sounds (molten golden)
Assonance
similarity of consonant sounds appear at beginnings of several words
Alliteration
use of words or phrases that sound like the thing to which they refer (Buzz, Bam)
Onomatopoeia
unrhymed poetry with rhythmic pattern known as iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
the rhythm of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable five times in the line.
Iambic Pentameter
how many times the rhythm is in the line
Meter
series of stressed and unstressed syllable
Rhythm