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poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Poetry - expressing ideas, feelings, or tells a story | |
| Line - like a sentence in a poem | |
| Stanza - like a paragraph in a poem | |
| Rhythm - beat | |
| Rhyme - words that sound alike | |
| Rhyme scheme - pattern of rhyme in a poem | |
| Refrain - when something gets repeated in a poem | |
| Tone - how the author shows feeling in a poem | |
| Alliteration - when a bunch or words start with the same sound | |
| Simile - compare two things using “like” or “as” | |
| Metaphor - compare two things using “is” | |
| Imagery - when the author makes you see a picture in your head | |
| Onomatopoeia - words that show sound | |
| Personification - talk about a thing like it’s a human | |
| Symbolism - when a thing stands for something else | |
| Narrative - poem that tells a story | |
| Concrete poem - poem that has a shape | |
| Acrostic poem - first letter of each line is the topic | |
| Free verse poem - no rules |