Poetry Vocabulary

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Sensory Language

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Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words.

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Concrete Poem

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Poems are shaped to look like their subjects.

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words that imitate sound.

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Limerick Poem

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A humorous, rhyming, 5 line poem with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Lyric Poem

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A poem that expresses personal emotions or thoughts, often in a musical style.

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Narrative Poem

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A poem that tells a story and includes characters, a plot, and a setting.

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Rhyme

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The repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in poetry.