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This is an example of a ______________ poem./ The fog comes/ on little cat feet./ It sits looking/ over harbor and city/ on silent haunches/ and then moves on.
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Boom! Thud! Pow! These words are examples of ___________ used in poetry
onomatopoeia
the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
onomatopoeia
Using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
Imagery
My shoes are killing me. This sentence is an example of a _______
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
hyperbole
He was a tornado, blasting through the opposing team. This is an example of a ____________
metaphor
The cloud was fluffy like cotton candy. This is an example of a _____________
simile
comparing two things using like or as
simile
"Tim, the terrifying tiger" is an example of _________
alliteration
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
alliteration
The tree whispered in the wind is an example of__________.
personification
giving human characteristics to non-human things
personification
a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs
rhyme
Hey Diddle, Diddle/ The Cat and the Fiddle this is an example of a ____________
couplet
It's the "money" of a song or poem. -a verse, a set, or a group of lines that appears at the end of the stanza, or appears where a poem or song divides into different sections
refrain or chorus
A division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme
stanza
This poem is an example of a...... I was so small/ But got a treat/ I caught a ball/ In my seat
Quatrain Poem
a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes
quatrains
a literary device defined as having two successive rhyming lines in verse and having the same meter to form a complete thought. marked by a usual rhythm, rhyme scheme
couplets
premeasured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious sound
meter
poems that follow strict rules about lines, stanzas, rhythm and rhyme
traditional verse
a poetic device which is used at the end of a line and the beginning of the next line in a poem. Also, it can be described as a point where a line is divided into two halves at the end of a line
line break
Rhythm
the musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables. "the beat of the poem"
Free Verse
Poems with no recognizable patterns or rules (no rhyming, etc)
The way a poem is laid out on the page, how it "looks"
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