BC6 - Poetry Terms

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is a careful arrangement of words.

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is NON-poetry. It's ordinary writing.

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is a single line of poetry.

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is a group of lines in a poem.

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is created when words have the same ending sound.

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A _______ _______ is the arrangement of rhyming words in a poem. Common patterns are AABB, ABAB, or ABBA.

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are a unit of two lines of rhyming poetry, often creating two line stanzas that rhyme (AA, BB, CC).

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is created when words have the same beginning sound, such as "Pretty posies speckled the park."

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are words that describe a sound and the words sound like that sound. Examples: BOOM, Swish, Creak.

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are words designed to call something to mind without mentioning it directly.

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are words that appeal to one of the five senses; helping you imagine what something looks, smells, tastes, sounds, or feels like.

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is human characteristics given to non-human things.

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A ______ ____ uses the space and layout of the page to create shapes or show movement in the poem.

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is when a word or phrase is used repeatedly in a poem.