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| Images | Words and phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses |
| Stanza | A group of lines of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces |
| Verse | A line of poetry; like a sentence & Another name for poetry in general |
| Rhyme Pattern | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |
| Rhythm | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken and written language |
| Traditional Poetry | Follows an exact pattern of rhyme and rhythm |
| Invented Poetry | Other things one creates |
| Narrative Poetry | Tells a story using devices you find in fiction: plot, characters, and dialogue |
| Name Poetry | A form of poetry in which the letters of a name are used to begin each line in the poem |
| Lyric Poetry | Musically expresses a speaker’s personal thoughts and feelings |
| Couplet | Two lines of verse that usually rhyme and state one complete idea |
| Quatrain | A four line stanza |
| Cinquain | Poems that are five lines in length |
| Concrete Poetry | Poem whose words are arranged in a shape that reflects the subject |
| Haiku | Japanese verse formed with three lines of five, seven, and five syllables each |
| Ageku | Two lines with seven syllables each |
| Tanka | Haiku + Ageku |
| Limerick | A short, funny poem five lines long |
| Sound Devices | Ways of adding music/sound to poetry. |
| Onomatopoeia | Use of words that sound like what they mean |
| Alliteration | Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables |
| Simile | Uses like or as to compare apparently unlike things |
| Metaphor | Compares apparently unlike things by describing one as if it were the other |
| Personification | Compares apparently unlike things by describing something non-human as if it were human |
| Poetic Image | A description that helps you see something through the senses |
| Riddle Poetry | Poetry which makes the reader guess the subject of the poem |
