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Poetry
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English
5th Grade
10/03/2009

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Term
imagery
Definition
Words that create a picture for you. It helps you to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste what someone is writing about.
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ballad
Definition
A poem that tells a story, usually written in four line stanzas.
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onomatopoeia
Definition
Words that sound like their meaning; like a noise or sound.
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simile
Definition
A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
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limerick
Definition
A funny poem written with five lines. The first 2 lines and last line rhyme,the 3rd and 4th line rhymes.
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hyperbole
Definition
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect.
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cinquain
Definition
5-lined, untitled poem, where the syllable pattern increases by 2 for each line with last line ending with 2 syllables (2,4,6,8,2).
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rhyme
Definition
The same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words (cat/hat)
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alliteration
Definition
The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginning of words and syllables
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personification
Definition
Giving human characteristics or traits to non-living things.
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haiku
Definition
A form of Japanese poetry that consists of three lines, in which there are five, seven, five syllables per line and is usually about nature.
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metaphor
Definition
A comparison between two unlike things without using "like"or "as".
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