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Poetry

Vocabulary Terms for the poetry unit

AB
Narrative PoemA verse that tells a story
PersonificationGives qualities of life to non-living things
HyperbolePoet uses exaggeration
RhymeTwo or more words sound alike
She eats like a pigSimile
Juliet is the sunMetaphor
I see flowers dancingPersonification
Lyric PoemA highly musical verse that expresses the emotions of a speaker
I'm so hungry I could eat a horseHyperbole
Pop, snap, thudOnomatopoeia
Night lightRhyme
She sells sea shells by the sea shoreAlliteration
AlliterationThe repetition of initial consonant sounds
OnomatopoeiaThe use of words or phrases that sound like the things to which they refer (ex: click, snap, and pow)
MetaphorA figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another
SimileA comparison using like or as
RhythmThe pattern of beats or stresses in a line of verse or prose



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