Language Arts Poetry Unit (7th Grade)
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BubblezMiley on March 10, 2009
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poetry, language arts, language arts vocabulary, language arts 7th grade
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Study guide for poetry unit in language arts...7th grade...3rd quarter...Pinckneyville Middle School
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Resource Math 7, Cario 740 POD, High Meadows 6/7 B, Bubblez, ☺Space121☻, smarty smokers!
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 hyperbole | exaggeration often used for emphasis |
| internal rhyme | a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line |
| end rhyme | a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of a poem |
| rhyme scheme | a pattern of rhyme |
| simile | a comparison that uses the signal words "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a direct comparison with no signal words |
| personification | when a poet describes an animal or object as if it were human or had human qualities |
| idiom | an expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression |
| analogy | a comparison between two things that seem dissimilar in order to show ways in which they might be similar |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds that suggest their meanings |
| assonance | repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry |
| meter | a regular, repeated arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| consonance | similar to alliteration except the repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the word |
| rhythm | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line |
| stanza | a group of lines arranged together |
| free verse | poems that have no regular pattern |
| couplet | a two line stanza |
| triplet | a three line stanza |
| quatrain | a four line stanza |
| quintet | a five line stanza |
| sestet | a six line stanza |
| septet | a seven line stanza |
| octave | an eight line stanza |
| extended metaphors | What was the main type of figurative language used in the poem "Scaffolding"? |
| constructing buildings and love | What two things is the poem "Scaffolding" comparing? |
| flowers | In the poem, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," what makes the speaker feel less lonely? |
| When the poet mentions his "inward eye", he is referring to his memory. | What do the following lines mean from "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"? Be specific in your answer. [They flash upon that inward eye/ Which is the bliss of solitude;] |
| nature | What are traditional Japanese tankas usually about? |
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