Poetry Terms

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Poetry-

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Expression of feelings with words

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Line-

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Sentence form of writing poetry

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Stanza-

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Paragraph form of writing poetry; grouped lines with spaces between

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Form-

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the way the poem looks

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Sound-

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what you hear in a poem

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Rhythm-

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the beat of a poem

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Rhyme -

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words with a repeated end sounds

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Rhyme Scheme -

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a poem's pattern of rhyme; Use letters to figure it out

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Repetition-

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Repeating the same word or phrase

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Alliteration-

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words with the same beginning sound

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Onomatopoeia-

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Sound effects used in poetry words that sound like itself

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Simile-

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Comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

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comparison of 2 unlike things not using like or as

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personification

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giving a non-human object human like characteristics

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Imagery

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Use of five senses in poetry; a poems mind movie; word picture a poem creates

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idiom

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figurative language that says one thing but means something else

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration of a thought

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Mood

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a poems feelings or tone

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Haiku

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originated in Japan, does NOT rhyme follows a 5-7-5 syllable pattern

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Limerick

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originated in Ireland, funny or silly poem, 5 long lines

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Narrative poem

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poetry that tells a story usually long in length

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free verse

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poem with no rhyme pattern in no required form

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concerte poem

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poems written in the shape of the objects being described