Poetry Vocabulary

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A group of lines in poetry, similar to a paragraph in a story or essay.

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stanza

Front

One line in a poem
In a story or essay, this would be called a sentence

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verse

Front

Pattern of rhyme in a poem

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rhyme scheme

Front

An author's attitude towards a subject - revealed through word choice

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tone

Front

a story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes
how it makes the reader feel

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mood

Front

purposeful repeating of a word, phrase, or line

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repetition

Front

What are rhymes that occur at the end of lines?

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end rhyme

Front

Rhyming of words within a line

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internal rhyme

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The message, point, or lesson about life that the author wishes to reveal about a topic.

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theme

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an extreme exaggeration

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hyperbole