Poetry and Literary Terms

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Tone

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The writer’s attitude or feeling about what they’re writing (like happy, sad, or angry).

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines in a poem.

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Mood

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The feeling a reader gets from the poem or story (like calm, excited, or scared).

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a poem, kind of like a paragraph in writing.

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Speaker

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The voice that’s talking in the poem (not always the poet!).

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Alliteration

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When words close together start with the same sound (like Peter Piper picked).

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Repetition

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When a word or phrase is used again and again to make it stand out or sound musical.