Poetry Definitions
A person who writes poems.
A Poet
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
A simile
This poem is written by choosing a topic and using the five senses to describe it.
Sensory Poem
That test was a piece of cake.
Metaphor
A grouping of words together on a single line based on the form of the poem.
Line
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as, often by saying that one is the other.
A metaphor
This poem is written from a 1st person point of view. This poem allows for someone to express different aspects of themselves.
I Am Poem
He is as strong as an ox.
Simile
A grouping of lines arranged together in a poem
A Stanza
The use of words in a way that is different from their usual or literal order and meaning.
Figurative Language
This poem is written from a 3rd person point of view and presents different characteristics of a person.
Biographical Poem
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
The appearance of words on a page of a poem.
Form
An intentional exaggeration or overstatement, often used for emphasis.
Hyperbole
Often humorous poems. They are written in an A-A-B-B-A rhyme scheme.
Limerick
Boom! Bang! Crash! Bam!
Onomatopoeia
A type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings, or tells a story in a specific form.
Poetry
Words that imitate the sound that they are naming.
Onomatopoeia
This poem is 11 lines long and each line starts with one of the letters in “___________”.
I Have A Dream Poem
We tied the knot this weekend.
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