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1. Speaker: a person who speaks
2. Diction: the choice and use of words adn phrases in speech or writing
3. Imagery senses in your head
4. Allusion an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
5. Simile: figure of speech
6. Personification: naming something that is nonhuman
7. Metaphor: word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
8. Refrain: repeats
9. Symbol something that represents or stands for something else
10. Stanza group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
11. Alliteration occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected
words
12. Onomatopoeia formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
13. Enjambment continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
14. Connotation idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning
15. Denotation the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word
suggests
16. Euphemism mild or indirect word or expression for one too harsh or blunt when referring to something
unpleasant or embarrassing
17. Tone the overall quality of a musical or vocal sound: "the piano tone is lacking in warmth"
18. Hyperbole exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Terms & definitions
6. I AM
I am creative and colorful
I wonder If anyone notices
I hear people talking
I see my future glowing
I want this world to be better
I am creative and colorful
I pretend not to care
I feel wary
I touch the world within
I worry about what’s going to happen
I cry when times get hard
I am creative and colorful
I understand how the world works
I say nice things
I dream about my future
I try my hardest
I hope It works out for the best
I am creative and colorful
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7. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of for-
mal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syl-
lables per line.
SONNET
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8. BED VS INTERNET
My bed sits, laying next to my chair
its covers wail “come wrap yourself in us”
I want to make it happy, so no more fuss
but ditching my computer is not fair
I’ve spent time treating it with love and care
even when I get mad and start to cuss
to leave it is like impact with a bus
and try i might, there’s no good way to share
if only i can sleep and browse the net
then that would be a perfect bargain
my bed and laptop both get equal land
but one would take control, it’s safe to bet
and browsing’s hard when you have closed your eyes
so bed it is. I hope they understand.
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9. A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed
lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally in-
voking an aspect of nature or the seasons.
HAIKU POEM
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10. I can hear the rain;
I listen for the thunder,
after I see the bright light.
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A Storm Is Coming
11. A concrete poem is where you write the words related
to a letter or picture and write the lines to form the letter
or picture.
CONCRETE POEM
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12. I shine bright in the night
big and white
trying to be bold
with the big moons and shine
a star is all I can be in the night
star light is what gets people
through the night
I’m right
in the light of night
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13. Free verse is a form of poetry which refrains from
meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pat
term.
FREE VERSE
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14. Its hard to be upset
When the sun is shining and
The birds are chirping
With a gentle song,
But still,
Somehow,
I manage it.
I ache for you.
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15. An acrostic poem is one that uses a word or phrase
(usually the theme or the underlying subject matter of
the poem) written vertically. Each letter of the word/
phrase then acts as the beginning letter for a new line
of the poem.
ACROSTIC POEM
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