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LA Poetry
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 | talk about a thing like it’s a human |
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 |