Definitions
uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things
What is a simile?
What does advance mean?
To move towards something or get close
the use of the same word or phrase over and over again.
What is Repetition?
"Watch the dewdrops in the morning,
Shake their little diamond heads,
Sparkling, Flashing, ever moving"
Dewdrops
What is an opinion?
What someone thinks or feels
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
involves giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea.
What is personification?
What do you call a poem that has 5-7-5 syllables total?
What is a haiku?
"An Amber colored-amethyst
Inhabits it; your arm
Approaches, and
It opens and
It closes"
Jellyfish
He is as strong as an ox.
What is a simile?
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration ?
the use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes, ex. Swoosh, clank
What is Onomatopoeia?
Words that repeat at the beginning of the poem line
Anaphora
"So near, a long arm man can pick off stars
Pick off what he wants in a sky bowl"
Summer stars
she sells sea shells by the seashore
What is alliteration?
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
What does the word shed mean?
lose fur or skin to stay healthy
This type of poem does not rhyme
What is free verse?
"I learned
Spanish
from my grandma
mijito
don't cry
she'd tell me"
In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles
Boom! The firework pops.
Crash! The sound sizzles
Onomatopoeia
When words have the same ending sound
What is a rhyme?
What does the word scatter mean?
To spread around
What does the word confidence mean in this sentence?
"I had confidence that my team would succeed"
Being sure or certain about something
"Mother says they smell,
And never sit when you say sit,
Or even when you yell"
Mother doesn't want a dog
What do you call the language that is not fact or real, but used to describe beautiful things.
What is non-literal language