a piece of a poem based on either: thought or topic like a paragraph or b format (the way it looks)
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simile
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a comparison between two things to describe one of them in a creative way using Like or As
ex: Bob swims like a fish...the comparison is between Bob and the fish in order to describe Bob, using Like or As
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onomatopoeia
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using a word to imitate a sound
example: The pig oinked at me.
example The race car vroomed at me.
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octave
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8 line stanaz
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literal language
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the meaning of something on the surface
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quintet
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5 line stanza
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personification
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giving living or human characteristics to a non-living or non-human thing.
examples: "The flower danced in the wind", or "The car seemed to cough to life when he started it."
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couplet
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2 line stanza
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metaphor
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a comparison between two things to describe one of them in a creative way
ex. Bob is a fish when he swims...the comparison is between Bob and the fish in order to describe Bob.
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sestet
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6 line stanza
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blank verse
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iambic pentameter
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Alliteration
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Alliteration the repeating of the first letter or sound in two or more words in a line of poetry.
example: Sally went to the sea to see seashells
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free verse
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poetry without regular rhyme or rhythm
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why poetry does not stink
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poetry is music lyrics, can be about ant topic, Don't have to rhyme, can be short, Gammer loose.
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rhymed verse
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poetry with regular rhyme and rhythm
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hyperbole
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using exaggeration to describe something
Example: Everybody in the world was at the concert.
Example: You Stole my heart
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blank verse
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poetry with 10 syllables per line but no rhyme. So it has rhythm but no rhyme
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quatrain
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4 line stanza
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septet
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7 line stanaz
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List seven factor
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Rhyme sometimes, Rhythm, format, shorter,
best done orally ( out loud), gammer loose, jammed with ideas.
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figurative language
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the meaning of something below the surface on a deeper level