| Term | Definition |
|---|
| form | how a poem appears/ chosen by poet |
| lines | like sentences in a poem |
| stanzas | like paragraphs in a poem |
| free verse | poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm is called this. some poets use this to capture the sounds and rhythms of ordinary speech. |
| imagery | painting a picture with words by using the five senses. writer's use sensory details to help readers imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste. |
| rhythm | repetition of sounds at the end of a word or line of poetry |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of rhyme |
| internal rhyme | a rhyme contained with a line of poetry, not at the end of a line. |
| repetition | repeating of lines or words for effect |
| alliteration | a repetition of constant sounds in a line of poetry |
| onomatopoeia | the sound of a word indicates its meaning such as zoom, buzz, and swish. |
| personification | giving human qualities to a nonhuman thing |
| simile | comparison between two dissimilar things using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | comparison between two dissimilar things without using "like" or "as" |
| hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
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