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Poetry
Poetry Vocabulary
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English
7th Grade
03/12/2007

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Alliteration
Definition
The repitition of the same consanent at the begginig of the words.
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Assonance
Definition
repitition of vowel sounds in poetry
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hyperbole
Definition
Extragavent exagerationused to emphsize a certainpoint
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idiom
Definition
an expression that can not be understood word by word but, as a complete phrase.
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imagery
Definition
language that emphazise sensory

imagination
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metaphor
Definition
a figure of speech camparing two unlike terms without using like or as.
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onomatopoeia
Definition
the use of word or phase used by the word it is symbolizing
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personification
Definition
giving human traits to an animal object, or idea
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poetry
Definition
a form of literacy exprssed that differs from pose it emphasize.
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rhyme
Definition
the repititon of sounds in a word close to another word.
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rhythm
Definition
the pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables
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simile
Definition
compares twounlike objectsusing like or as
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stanza
Definition
a group of lines forming one unit in a poem
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symbol
Definition
any object, person, place, or experience means more that what it is repeasented by.
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theme
Definition
main idea
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mood
Definition
the emotion quality
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couplet
Definition
two line of verse that follow in lineto make a unit
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quatrain
Definition
a unit or group of lines of verses
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end rhyme
Definition
occurs at the end of a line
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slant rhyme
Definition
occurs when words are similar but not exactly the same
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repitition
Definition
the reoccurance of sound, words , phases, line, or stanzas
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meter
Definition
a reguler line of stressed and unstressed syllbles that give a line of poetry predictable rhythm
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cinquain
Definition
five line poem based on syllable count and parts of speech
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concrete poem
Definition
a poem that takes up the shape of the topic of the poem
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diamonte
Definition
a poem in shape of a diamond
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free verse
Definition
verses who rhythm is irrugularor not smooth and evan
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haiku
Definition
a japanes originated poem
5 sylbles, 7 sylbles, 5 sylbles
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limerick
Definition
the poem that has 5 lines of rhyming
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