Poetry

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Alliteration:

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a consonant sound or vowel sound repeats like the “s” sound in “Sally picked seashells by the seashore” or the “o” sound in “slow”, “go”, “Joe”

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Comparing and contrasting:

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helps you see what is the same or different about anything

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Imagery:

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the “picture” in your mind when you read a poem- details like colors, sounds, sizes, shapes, comparisons, smells and flavors all help create the picture

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Metaphors:

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how two different things are similar by calling one thing something else (does not use like or as)

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Meter:

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measures the number of syllables, or beats, in each line of a poem. If you count the beats, you can determine the meter.

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Onomatopoeia:

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the word suggests the sound or action it means, like “buzz,” “clang,” or “boom”

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Personification:

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gives human characteristics, or traits, to something that isn’t human; makes an object or animal seem human or come to life

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Repetition:

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when a poet repeats something to create patterns or emphasize a point

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Rhymes:

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words the end in the same sound; create the rhyme pattern in poems

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Rhythm:

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beat you can feel in poetry, like tempo in music- measured through meter

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Similes

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comparisons using the words “like” or “as”; one thing is similar to another

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Synonyms:

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words that mean almost the same thing

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Voice:

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the speaker in the poem; it can be one or more people, animals, objects, or even the poet

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Couplets:

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pairs of rhyming lines (often have the same number of beats too)

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Structure:

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how a poem is built using lines and stanzas

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Stanzas:

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paragraphs for poetry; groups of lines that are together and separated by a blank line