Poetry Vocab

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Alliteration

Back 1

Alliteration happens when words that begin with the same sound are
placed close to one another.

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Rhyme Scheme

Back 2

the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem.

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Irony

Back 3

Irony involves saying one thing while really meaning another, contradictory
thing.

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Metaphor

Back 4

A metaphor
happens when one thing is described as being another
thing.

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Internal rhyme

Back 5

the rhyme occurs inside a line,

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Imagery

Back 6

Imagery is intense, descriptive language in a poem that helps to trigger
our senses and our memories w
hen we read it.

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Meter

Back 7

the number of feet in a line of poetry.

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Simile

Back 8

Similes compare one thing directly to another.

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Poetic Stanza

Back 9

A
stanza is a group of two or more lin
es that form a unit in a poem. A
stanza is c
omparable to a
paragraph
in a prose.
Each stanza m
ay
have the same
number of
lines, or the number of lines may vary

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Slant Rhyme

Back 10

Two words are nearly rhymed but slightly different,

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Allusion

Back 11

An allusion happens when a speaker or
character makes a brief and
casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.

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Sight Rhyme

Back 12

Two words look alike but don’t sound alike,

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Symbolism

Back 13

when the author uses an object or reference to add deeper
meaning
to a story. Symbolism
can be subtle or obvious, used sparingly or heavy
-
handedly.

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Allegory

Back 14

An allegory
is a kind of extended metaphor
(a metaphor that weaves
throughout the poem) in which objects, persons, and actions stand for another
meaning.

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Hyperbole

Back 15

A hyperbole is a gross exaggeration. For example, “tons of money” is
a hyperbole
.