Vocabulary Week 1
Language that appeals to the senses
imagery
the meaning that the poet wants the reader to understand
message
words that sound like sounds
onomatopoeia
a comparison using 'like' or 'as'
simile
a poem about opposites that has the form of a gem
diamante
exaggeration
hyperbole
the feeling of a poem or piece of writing
mood
a piece of poetry that tells a story
narrative poem
a regular and persistent beat
rhythm
a poem that appeals to the five senses
color poem
alliteration, metaphor, simile, allusion, imagery etc
figurative language
a group of lines in a poem
stanza
when the same sounds, words and phrases occur over and over again
repetition
a regular and persistent rhythm
beat
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haiku
the shape that a poem takes on the page; structure
form
another word for poetry
verse
stress on a syllable
accent
the pattern of end rhymes in the stanzas of a poem
rhyme scheme
a poem that uses words from an existing text in a different context
blackout poem
repeated beginning sounds in two or more words in a sentence or line
alliteration
You are my sunshine is an example of what?
metaphor
the way we see things
point of view or perspective
tweet, beat and mete
share, bear and hair
rhyme
a five line poem that uses nouns, verbs and adjectives
cinquain
a phrase that contradicts itself
oxymoron
the basic rhythmic structure of a line of verse
meter
The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the cow ran away with the spoon.
personification
the use of one thing to represent a completely different thing
symbolism
Mr McCarrell likes to eat
Every kind there is
Almost every day
Tummy is so big
acrostic