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Language Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Poetry | A small piece of your feelings or what you see put into a few sentences or fragments |
| Alliteration | If you repeat the same first letters in a poem |
| Metaphor | Comparing something to another thing in a mix of words |
| Onomatopoeia | Describing something with a sound that means the same thing to you |
| Personification | Saying something about an object that only living things can do |
| Repitition | Repeating of a word to add rhythm and to emphasize the meaning of a certain idea |
| Rhyme | When you use two words that sound alike in a poem |
| Rhyme Scheme | Where rhyming is organized in different patterns |
| Rhythm | Way a poem flows to the next line |
| Simile | Compares two things with like or as |
| Stanza | A group of lines of poetry which have rhythm and rhyming in them |
| Verse | A single line of poetry |
| Riddle | A poem that makes you think for an answer |
| Couplet | Two lines of poetry that have the same length and rhyme |
| Refrain | A part of a poem that repeats after a few stanzas |
| Narrative Poem | Poems that have a plot, character, and setting that tell stories |
| Meter | A rhythmical pattern of a poem; Same length and stresses in each verse |
| Acrostics | A poem where the stanza tells about the first verse |
| Cinquain | A five line poem; First and Last: Synonyms; Second: Two words describing the title; Third: Three words show action relating to the title; Fourth: Four words that show feelings or emotion |
| Clerihew | Four lined poem that makes a brief, humorous statement about a person. First: Ends with person's name; Second: Rhymes with first; Three and Four: Rhyme with each other |
| Concrete Poem | A poem that is arranged into the shape of what the poem is about |
| Diamonte | A poem that goes from the subject at the top of the diamond to another totally different subject at the bottom |
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