-Please place this in your Poetry section of your binder -Take notes we go along!

Figures of speech An expression that creates an image in your mind

Literal Language: The actual, dictionary definition of a word; language that means what it appears to mean

Figurative Language: Language used in a special way to create a special effect Example: “Put your heads together”

Simile: Comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as Example: “His hoof beats were like miniature thunder”

Metaphor A comparison between two unlike things not using like or as Example: “Morning is a new sheet of paper to write on”

Personification Giving human traits to inanimate objects, animals, or feelings. Example: “The sun smiled on the happy walkers”

Rhyme Repetition of the SAME sounds Example: hat and cat

Rhyme Scheme The pattern of end rhyme marked by letters Example: ABBA

Repetition Repeating a word or lines in a poem Example: “And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep”

Refrain The repetition of one or more lines or phrases in a poem (like a chorus of a song)

Alliteration The repetition of the first sound or letter in two or more words. This is done for effect. Example: “Slithery Snake”

Onomatopoeia The sound of a word matches its meaning Example: “snap, crackle, pop”

Stanza A group of lines of a poem that fit together _____________

Imagery Word or phrase that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the mind. Example: “The fluffy white clouds resembled cotton candy, as they slow drifted through the summer sky.”

Rhythm The pattern determined by accented and unaccented syllables; the beat Example: “I wandered lonely as a cloud”