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| poetry | a type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects.
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| form | The way a poem looks on the page.
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| line | A single word, phrase, or sentence within a poem.
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| stanza | Groups of lines of poetry.
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| rhyme | The repetition of sounds at the ends of words. Examples: cat/hat fancy/Nancy
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| rhyme scheme | A pattern of rhyme based on the rhyming sounds at the end of each line. (Examples: abab; aabb)
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| rhythm | The beat you hear as you read a poem aloud. It is affected by which syllables are stressed and which are unstressed.
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| repetition | The use of a word, phrase, sound, or line more than once.
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| alliteration | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together.
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| assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together.
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| onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sounds echo their meaning. Examples: buzz, whisper, murmur
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| imagery | Words and phrases that appeal to a reader’s five senses. They help the reader imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste.
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| simile | A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as. Example: His eyes sparkled like diamonds.
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| metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use the words like or as, but states it as though it were a fact. Example: He was a tornado, blasting through the other team.
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| personification | A description of an object, animal, or idea as if it were human or had human qualities. Example: The tree waved.
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| hyperbole | Exaggeration.
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| theme | The message or lesson about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
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| symbol | A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself. Example: A white dove is a bird that symbolizes peace.
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| tone | The writer’s attitude toward his or her subject.
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| mood | The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
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| prose | Ordinary Writing; not poetry.
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| lyric poetry | A type of poetry that focuses on the thoughts or feelings of a single speaker.
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| narrative poetry | A type of poetry that tells a story.
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| speaker | The voice in the poem that “talks” to the readers.
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