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Poetry Terms

Poetry terms

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sensory language writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses
hyperbole extreme exaggeration
dialect variety of language used in a certain area or by a particular subgroup of people
stanza group of lines in a poem
figurative language writing or speech that is imaginative and not meant to be taken literally
metaphor comparison where one thing is described as another
simile comparison between two unlike things using like or as
personification gives human qualities to something that is not human
symbol anything that represents something else
repetition the use of any element of language (sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence) more than once
alliteration the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
onomatopoeia the use of words that imitate sounds
rhyme the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
meter the rhythmical pattern in a pattern
narrative poem tells a story in verse (may even have characters, plot, setting, etc.)
haiku 3-line Japanese verse form of poetry
free verse poem with no strict structure, meter, rhyme pattern
lyric poem expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker in musical verse
ballad songlike poem that tells a story (often of adventure and romance)
concrete poem poem shaped to look like their subjects (create a picture on the page)
limerick humorous 5-line poems with specific rhythm and rhyme scheme
couplet pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length
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