poetry vocabulary for 7th grade mid term
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ansleyglenn on December 9, 2010
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all of the poetry vocab required for the 7th grade mid term
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ode | poem with formal language; celebrates a single thing |
| ballad | a long, narrative poem, regular rhyme scheme, usually about love, lost love, death, or betrayal |
| lyric | poem that expresses the thoughts or feelings of the author but does not tell a story |
| free verse | no set rhyme, meter, or line length |
| epic | long poem with a hero, a quest, and battles |
| elegy | poem honoring the dead |
| narrative | a category for poems that tell a story |
| sonnet | 14 line poem with conventional rhyme scheme |
| alliteration | same starting sound |
| allusion | refrence to a famous person, place, or thing |
| stanza | a unit of poetry with a set number of lines |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate their sound |
| end rhyme | rhyme at the ends of poetry lines |
| imagery | using words that appeal to the five senses |
| tone | the mood or attitude of the speaker |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a line of poetry |
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