Unit 4 Week 5 - "Hey Nilda" & "Hi Rachel"

free verse

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme, sounds more like regular speech or even prose when read aloud

answerable

able to be answered

obligation

responsibility or duty

alliteration

Repetition of a beginning consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity (Little Lisa in the lounge)

assonance

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity (round sound from the mound)

proportion

The feeling of unity created when all parts (sizes, amounts, or number) relate well with each other.

narrative poem

a poem that tells a story

lounge

a public room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait