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6th gr Poetry Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of several words in a line of poetry. EX: “And swallows calling with their shimmering sound” |
| Hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration EX: “small as a peanut” or “big as a giant” |
| Imagery | the language that appeals to the senses |
| Metaphor | a direct comparison between two unlike things. It does NOT use the words like or as. |
| Onomatopoeia | words that sound like the noises they describe EX: zing, pong, poof, clank, thud |
| Personification | gives an animal, object, or idea human qualities such as the ability to hear, talk, feel, and make decisions. EX: “Summer grass aches and whispers.” Carl Sandburg |
| lyric poetry | a short poem in which a single speaker presents an idea, state of mind or an emotional state. |
| Repetition | repeating a sound, word, phrase or sentence throughout a poem. EX: “gently rapping, rapping at my chamber” Edgar Allan Poe |
| Rhyme Scheme | the repeated regular pattern of rhymes usually found at the ends of lines of a poem. We mark this by giving letters to the words at the end of the line. |
| Simile | a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. EX: “the ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus” Eve Merriam. |
| narrative poetry | tells a story, a sequence of connected events. It propels characters through a plot. It is always told by a narrator. |
| Speaker | The “narrator” of a poem; not the poet |
| Stanza | a group of lines in a poem set off my blank lines. It usually develops one idea. |
| Imagery | an expression that describes a literal sensation, whether of hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, and feeling. |
| Oxymoron | an expression impossible in fact but not necessarily self |
| Mood | the feeling created in the reader by a poem or story. EX: “Once upon a midnight dreary” Edgar Allan Poe |
| Haiku | a form of Japanese poetry with 17 syllables in three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often describing nature or a season |
| Free Verse | verse without a fixed metrical pattern, usually having unrhymed lines of varying length |
| Acrostic | a number of lines of writing, especially a poem or word puzzle, in which a combination of letters from each line spells a word or phrase |
| Quatrain | a verse of poetry consisting of four lines, especially one with lines that rhyme alternately |
| Cinquain | five lines long and tells a small story. Instead of just having descriptive words, they may also have an action |
| Diamante | an unrhymed seven line poem. The beginning and ending lines are the shortest, while the lines in the middle are longer, giving the poems a diamond shape. |
| Tanka | an oriental poem with 31 syllables with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables |
| Nonsense | a form of light, often rhythmical verse, often for children, depicting peculiar characters in amusing and fantastical situations. |
| Limerick | a five line humorous poem |
| Concrete poem | a poem whose visual appearance matches the topic of the poem |
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