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Poetry Vocabulary

Poetry Vocabulary. _____________________. Example: Jamie runs as fast as the wind . Definition: A simile is a comparison that often uses the words like or as. . _____________________. Example: My mind is an ocean; my words are a river .

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Poetry Vocabulary

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  1. Poetry Vocabulary

  2. _____________________ Example: Jamie runs as fast as the wind. Definition: A simile is a comparison that often uses the words like or as.

  3. _____________________ Example: My mind is an ocean; my words are a river. Definition: A metaphor is a comparison made between things which are essentially not alike. It is similar to a simile, but does not use like or as.

  4. _____________________ Example: The sun’s smiling down. The boat hugged the shore. Definition: When something that is not human is given human-like qualities

  5. ______________________ Example Sentence: My eyes widened at the sight of the mile-high ice cream cones we were having for dessert. Definition: Big exaggeration

  6. _____________________ • Examples: buzz, rustle, boom, tick-tock, tweet, woof, hiss, roar • Example sentence: “The bees buzz angrily when their hive is disturbed.” Definition: Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it.

  7. _______________________ Example: Caleb calls Chris ‘cause he’s coming to California. Definition: The repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.

  8. ______________________ Example: She sings at the top of her lungs. Definition: An idiom is an expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use.

  9. ____________________ Example: • the cat in the hat • sat on a rat Definition: The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words close together in a poem.

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