Poetry Vocabulary Flashcard

Front

Words that have the same beginning SOUND

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Alliteration

Front

The perspective (how a person feels about something) from which the events of the poem are told. Who is telling the story or poem; the speaker

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Point of View

Front

Comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”

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Simile

Front

Phrases or words that have a meaning that is different from the literal meaning

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Figurative Language

Front

Rhyming words within a line of poetry

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Internal Rhyme

Front

Words that sound like what they mean

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Onomatopoeia

Front

A group of lines or a paragraph in a poem

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Stanza

Front

A poem that has no rhyme or form

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Free Verse

Front

A "sentence" in a poem

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Line

Front

A regular, repeated pattern of emphasis or sound; the beat

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Rhythm