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Poetry Vocabulary
| 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 |