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alliteration |
words beginnng with the same consonant sound (The summer sun is strong.) |
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formula poetry |
poems that follow a specific pattern (haiku, diamante) |
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free verse |
poems that can be written as the author chooses; they do not follow a specified rhyme scheme or pattern |
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imagery |
a mental picture |
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metaphor |
comparing two things without using like or as (Paul Bunyan is a mountain of a man.) |
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onomatopoeia |
use of words to represent or imitate sound. (The boom of the thunder woke me from my nap. Boom! The thunder woke me from my nap.) |
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poetry |
words arraned in such a way as to express ideas an emotions. |
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repetition |
repeating the same words or phrase in a line or poem |
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rhyme |
when two or more words have the same sound (today-play) |
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rhythm |
a regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables |
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simile |
comparing two things using like or as |
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stanza |
a number of lines that divide a poem into sections |
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