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Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms. Basic words and concepts to know when reading and writing poetry. The Big Question…. What is poetry? Suppose a 5 year old asks you define poetry…. What do you tell them?. Poetry is….

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Poetry Terms

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  1. Poetry Terms Basic words and concepts to know when reading and writing poetry.

  2. The Big Question… What is poetry? Suppose a 5 year old asks you define poetry…. What do you tell them?

  3. Poetry is… Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm

  4. Poetry is…

  5. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE • Metaphor • A comparison that does not use like or as • Simile • A comparison that does use like or as • Personification • Giving human qualities to non-living things • Symbolism • Something that represents something else

  6. Figurative Language Hyperbole: Exaggeration Pun: A silly play on words Idiom: Phrases that are not taken literally Oxymoron: Words side by side that contradict or mean the opposite

  7. Figurative Language: • Irony: Irony is something that has a different or ​opposite ​result from what is ​expected – usually with a humorous or strange twist • Situational • Verbal • Dramatic

  8. Types of Poems • Patterned/Non Rhyming • Cinquain -- contains 5 lines with a 2,4,6,8,2 pattern • Haiku– contains 3 lines and has 17 syllables (line 1 has 5 syllables, line 2 has 7 and line 3 has 5) • Free Verse • Any poem that doesn’t rhyme or have a distinct pattern to follow

  9. Types of Poems • Rhyming: • Lyric poem • Narrative Poem • Epic Poem • Ode Poem • Ballad • Sonnet

  10. Poetry Terms • Prose • Every day reading and writing • Inferences • Guesses / Conclusions based on evidence • Alliteration • The repetition of a consonant sound • Stanza • Group of lines in a poem • Onamatopoeia • A sound of effect

  11. End Rhyme The rhyme happens at the end of the line Internal Rhyme The rhyme happens in the middle of the line Rhyme Scheme The rhyming pattern to a poem Rhythm The beat of the poem

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