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Poetry
Poetry vocabulary and format
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Poetry | uses figurative language to show imagination, emotion, and thought in few words |
| Alliteration | repeating first letter sounds |
| Metaphor | a comparison without using like or as |
| Onomatopoeia | words that are spelled like there sounds |
| Personification | giving human characteristics to inanimate objects |
| Repetition | the repeating of a word or phase to show rhythm |
| Rhyme | words within a line or at the end that sounds alike |
| Rhyme scheme | patterns made of rhymes |
| Rhythm | the way the poem flows from line to line |
| Simile | compares two things using like or as |
| Stanza | a group of lines in poetry |
| Narrative poetry | poetry that tells a story |