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6th gr Poetry Terms

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Term
Definition
Alliteration   show
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Hyperbole   show
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show the language that appeals to the senses  
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show a direct comparison between two unlike things. It does NOT use the words like or as.  
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Onomatopoeia   show
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show gives an animal, object, or idea human qualities such as the ability to hear, talk, feel, and make decisions. EX: “Summer grass aches and whispers.” Carl Sandburg  
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lyric poetry   show
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Repetition   show
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Rhyme Scheme   show
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Simile   show
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narrative poetry   show
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show The “narrator” of a poem; not the poet  
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Stanza   show
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show an expression that describes a literal sensation, whether of hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, and feeling.  
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Oxymoron   show
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show the feeling created in the reader by a poem or story. EX: “Once upon a midnight dreary” Edgar Allan Poe  
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Haiku   show
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show verse without a fixed metrical pattern, usually having unrhymed lines of varying length  
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show a number of lines of writing, especially a poem or word puzzle, in which a combination of letters from each line spells a word or phrase  
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Quatrain   show
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Cinquain   show
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Diamante   show
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show an oriental poem with 31 syllables with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables  
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show a form of light, often rhythmical verse, often for children, depicting peculiar characters in amusing and fantastical situations.  
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show a five line humorous poem  
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Concrete poem   show
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