Poetry Vocabulary

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same beginning sound.

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What is an onomatopoeia?

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The imitation of sounds in word form.

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What is a simile?

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Comparison by using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is repetition?

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One or two phrases that are repeated to show importance or urgency.

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What are sensory details?

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Describing using the 5 senses.

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What is a metaphor?

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Comparing by saying one thing IS another.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.

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What is a rhyme?

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Words that have the same ending sound.

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What is imagery?

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Language that creates visual images in the reader's mind.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The main idea or underlying message of the poem.