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Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms. February 3, 2014. Simile. a comparison using “like” or “as”. “The referee cost us the game. He was as blind as a bat!”. a direct comparison where one thing is another; no “like” or “as” The Auburn Maroons Volleyball team were tigers last night, mauling their opponents.

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Poetry Terms

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  1. Poetry Terms February 3, 2014

  2. Simile • a comparison using “like” or “as”. • “The referee cost us the game. He was as blind as a bat!”

  3. a direct comparison where one thing is another; no “like” or “as” The Auburn Maroons Volleyball team were tigers last night, mauling their opponents. Metaphor

  4. Hyperbole • an extreme exaggeration Why does Charlie, who’s fast as a jet, take all day to get to school?

  5. Personification • Giving a human quality, to something non-human • “Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.”

  6. Writing which represents something beyond itself Symbol

  7. Alliteration • the repetition of a consonant sound to start a series of words Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. See Sally sell seashells by the seashore. The pleasant Prince pleaded for peace. Big bees buzz by Bob's bushes.

  8. End Rhyme • the repetition of similar sounds or words at the end of a line Maybe, Christmas doesn’t come from a store, Maybe, perhaps Christmas, means a little bit more!

  9. Internal Rhyme • the repetition of similar sounds or words within the line • Its best, i guess, two profreadcarefuly for erors?

  10. Imagery • Highly descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.

  11. use of words whose sound suggest their meaning Onomatopoeia

  12. the sound or beat of the poem Rhythm

  13. a line repeated at the end of each stanza Old McDonald had a farm… Refrain

  14. Repetition • a word or group of words repeated throughout a poem repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition

  15. Haiku Poems (5, 7, 5) • A poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five Sunflowers Sunflower grow tall (5) Lift your head to bright sunshine (7) Mother Nature’s child (5)

  16. Free Verse Poems • Poems that do not follow patterns of rhyme and rhythm

  17. Stanza • the lines of a poem grouped by one main idea; similar to a paragraph in prose.

  18. “Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”  ~Carl Sandburg

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