-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

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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”