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8th Grade Poetry
Poetry Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| theme | message of the poem |
| lines and stanzas | sentences and paragraphs of a poem |
| form | the way a poem looks on the page |
| free verse | more conversational style |
| alliteration | the repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| onomatopoeia | words whose sounds suggest their meaning |
| imagery | words and phrases that appeal to the five senses |
| figurative language | conveys meaning beyond the ordinary, literal meaning |
| speaker | the voice you hear in the poem but not necessarily the poet |
| simile | a comparison of two things with the use of the words like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison of two things without the use of the words like or as |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| personification | giving inanimate objects or animals human characteristics |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds and the end of words |
| rhythm or beat | the pattern of sound created by stressed or unstressed syllables |
| repetition | the repeating of sounds, words, phrases, or lines in a poem |
| poem | a literary work that creates images in the readers mind |