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Vocabulary List 6
Poetry
Term | Definition |
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poetry | writing that usually creates an emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm |
rhythm | the beat of a poem |
rhyme | words that have the same ending sound |
rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyming words usually at the end of lines in a poem |
refrain | a word or phrase repeated in a poem |
stanza | a group of lines that form a unit of a poem (like paragraphs) |
free verse | a poem without a specific pattern or structure |
line | the smallest unit of a poem (like sentences) |
line breaks | where the poet chooses to end one line and start a new one; usually to emphasize something |
form | the structure or organization of a written work |
simile | comparison of two things using like, as, or than |
hyperbole | over exaggeration |
alliteration | repetition of the beginning sounds of words |
metaphor | comparison of two things by suggesting one thing IS another thing |
personification | giving human characteristics to non-human things |
onomatopoeia | sound words |
idiom | a well-known phrase that means something different than the actual meaning of the individual words |
tele | far |
bene | good/well |
cap | head |