Vocabulary
Learned by heart, or remembered without help.
memorized
to give human traits to something that is not alive
personification
a true story
nonfiction
a person, place, or thing
noun
a poem that doesn't rhyme or have a specific meter
free verse
the condition of being satisfied or the act of satisfying
satisfaction
comparing 2 unlike things using like or as
simile
a made up story
fiction
a word that shows action
verb
a poem where the first letter of each line spells a word or name when read vertically
acrostic
writing or saying words, phrases, or lines over and over again
repetition
comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as
metaphor
work of writing that reconstructs the past - often inspired by history
historical fiction
a word that joins two nouns, verbs, or phrases
conjunction
a poem with 3 lines in which the 1st line has 5 syllables the 2nd line has 7 syllables and the 3rd line has 5 syllables
haiku
trembled suddenly from fear or cold
when a writer uses very descriptive language to help you visualize something
imagery
oral history that is preserved by the people of the culture, consisting of traditions belonging to a specific culture
folklore
a word that stands in or takes the place of a noun
pronoun
a kind of poem that tells a story
narrative
having a strong desire to succeeded something
ambitious
a word describes a sound and actually mimics the sound
onomatopoeia
a story with fanciful and wondrous characters such as elves, goblins, wizards
fairy tale
a word that shows direction, time, place, location, or spatial relationships
preposition
pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem
rhyme scheme