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Poetry Vocab 7th Gr
Academic Vocab for Poetry
Term | Definition |
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Alliteration | Repeating the same sound at the beginning of words in the same line. Ex: Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. |
Figurative Language | Words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the actual meaning. |
Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration. Ex: It was 1,000 degrees outside today. |
Metaphor | Comparing two unlike things, NOT using like or as. Ex: Aubrey was a cheetah running at recess. |
Mood | How the poem makes you feel. |
Onomatopoeia | Sound words. Ex: Snap! Crackle! Pop! |
Personification | Making animals or objects have human characteristics. Ex: The pencil jumped off my desk. |
Repetition | The repeating of a word or phrase to show importance. |
Rhyme | Words that end with similar sounds. Ex: hat, fat, bat |
Rhythm/Meter | A patter of sounds that create a beat. |
Sensory Images | The reader pictures things that the poet describes using his or her 5 senses |
Simile | Comparing 2 unlike things using like or as. Ex: Aubrey was as fast as a cheetah. |
Tone | The attitude of the poet about the poem. |
Line Break | Where one line of poetry ends and goes to the next line. |
Line | The smallest piece of a poem. The basic building block of poetry. |
Stanza | one or more lines together that are about the same idea, separated from each other by a space. The "paragraphs" of poetry. |