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Poetry
poetic elements
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English
6th Grade
03/09/2009

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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of a consonant sound for effect. (Sally sales shells by the seashore.)
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Hyperbole
Definition
an obvious and unrealistic exaggeration - for example: His gaping jaw could hold a flock of the King's fattest sheep
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparison where we say that one thing is something else
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Words that imitate sound. (slurp pop BANG!)
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Personification
Definition
Giving human qualities to non human things. (the sun smiled at me)
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Simile
Definition
Comparing two things that have similar qualities. (she was about as graceful as a fat duck)
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Stanza
Definition
a group of lines of poetry, like a paragraph, set off usually by a blank space. Poets create stanzas for a reason. The lines belong together
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Rhyme
Definition
the repetition of sound, almost always to achieve an effect or to create a rhythm
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Rhythm
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is the beat or pattern of stressed and unstressed lines.
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Free verse
Definition
poetry which does not have a regular rhythm, rhyme scheme, or form.
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