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| abbreviation | A shortened form of a word. |
| couplet | Two lines of poetry that belong together. They usually rhyme. |
| discard | To throw away. |
| irregular | Out of the usual order or natural way |
| quatrain | Stanza or poem of four lines. |
| symbolism | Representation by symbols; use of symbols. |
| simile | An example of a __________ is "His head was spinning like a top." |
| metaphor | An example of a _________ is "Mr. Intzy was a mouse when it came to being in front of an audience." |
| Diamante | The diamong shaped form of poetry is called |
| pen picture | A very short, one stanza of 3 lines form of poetry. Each line is a metaphor that describes the thing named by the title. What am I? |
| rhymed couplet | 2 lines appearing one after another in a poem, the lines both have the same beat and rhymed end words. |
| rhymed quatrain | Four lines of poetry that have a rhyming pattern. You have read many of these in this unit, but they were stanzas in larger poems. |
| noun | A person, place, thing or idea |
| Free verse | The least formal type of poetry, does not have a particular pattern but has a cadence. |
| free verse | Although _______ _________ must have cadence, it does not need to have a strict rhythm pattern, rhyme pattern, stanza pattern, or any certain length. |
