Poetry Terms

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Poetry Terms

• 1.alliteration-words beginning with the same
  consonant sound
• Ex. The summer sun is strong.
• 2.formula poetry-poems that follow a specific
  pattern

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• 3. free verse-poems that are written as
• the author chooses they do not follow
• a specific rhyme scheme or pattern
• Ex. snapshot poem, event poem.
• 4. imagery-a mental picture
• 5. metaphor-comparing two things without
• using like or as
• Ex. Paul Bunyan is a mountain of a man.

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6. onomatopoeia-use of words to represent or
imitate sounds   Ex. The boom of the
thunder woke me up. 7. poetry-words
arranged in such a way as to express ideas
and emotions 8. repetition-repeating the same
words or phrases in a line or a poem
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• 9. rhyme-when two or more words have similar
• sounds
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• Ex. Im not going to school today.
• Id rather go outside to play.
• 10. rhythm-a regular pattern of accented and
  
• unaccented syllables
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• Ex. A little old man from Peru,
• Was sailing a ship with his crew.

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• 11.    simile-comparing two things
• using like or as
• Ex. Paul Bunyan is as big as
  a mountain.
• 12.  stanza-a number of lines that divide a poem
  into sections

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Types of Poems 13. bio poem-gives basic
information about a person in a poetic
form following a specific pattern   14.
cinquain-a five-line poem 15. color
poem-describes colors in interesting ways
it can be written in free verse or any
familiar rhyming pattern  
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16. couplet-are composed of two-line stanzas
that rhyme   17.five senses poem-a poem in
which each line describes a topic as it
appeals to one of the senses it should
describe a favorite holiday (done in free
verse)   18.haiku-A single thought expressed in
three non- rhyming lines. The first line
has 5 syllables, the second line has 7
syllables, and the third line has 5
syllables. Haiku very often describe
subjects from nature.
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19. months poem-a series of couplets about
the months of the year each couplet
describes the month or tells something
about it   20. quatrain-written in 4 lines
following specific rhyming pattern it may
be written as aabb, aaaa, or
abcb abab 21. subject poem-acrostic poem in
which the letters of the subject are used
to start each line the subject line is
written vertically, and the word or
phrase about the subject is written after
each letter.
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