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Poetry Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| poetry | writing your feelings in a rhyme |
| alliteration | repeating of beginning consonantsounds |
| free verse | when the poetry does not follow the term |
| haiku | its 3 lines with 5 7 5 |
| metaphor | comparing with using like or as |
| simile | comparing two or more things that are not alike |
| verse | a single line of poetry |
| couplet | a 3 lined type of poetry with 5 syllables to 7 then back to 5 |
| narrative poetry | a type of poetry that tells a story |
| acrostic | when the first letter of the word spells out the topic |
| cinqaine | five letter poem |
| concete poem | when the words make a shape |