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Year 7 poetry vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| poem | a collection of words that expresses ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid and imaginative style |
| poet | a person who writes poems |
| poetry | a text type that aims to stir a reader's imagination or emotions by carefully choosing and arranging language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. |
| composer | the creator of a text or work of art |
| compose | to write or create a text or work of art |
| stanza | a set of lines in a poem grouped together and set apart from other lines |
| syllable | a part of a word that is pronounced with one uninterrupted sound (usually one vowel sound, with or without accompanying consonant sounds) |
| style | the specific way in which a text is written or spoken, giving it a certain 'feel' |
| language | an organised system of symbols, signs, sounds, or gestures used to communicate ideas and information |
| purpose | the reason for doing something or the reason that something exists |
| tone | the attitude or feeling conveyed in spoken or written text |
| form | a type of poem that follows a particular set of rules |
| limerick | a 5-line poem, usually humorous, with a strong rhythm and rhyme scheme (AABBA) |
| haiku | a 3-line Japanese poem of seventeen syllables (5/7/5), traditionally evoking images of the natural world |
| cinquain | a 5-line poem, usually unrhymed, that often starts with one word, then each line gets longer until the final line, which is short again |
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KateSharp
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