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Page 1: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

Poetry NotesTerms you need to know!

Page 2: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

Setup your paper:•At the top, write your name in the right

corner.

•Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top.

•Make two columns on your paper. Draw a line between.

•Terms will go on the left. Definitions will go on the right.

Page 3: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

#1 Poetry Writing that uses words for sound, rhythm, and meaning.

Page 4: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

#2 Acrostic Type of poem in which the first letter of each line spells a word.Example: Can’t Avoid Trouble

Page 5: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

#3 Stanza Group of lines in a poem.

Page 6: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

#4 Alliteration Repeating sounds at the start of each word.

Example:She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Page 7: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

#5 Onomatopoeia Imitates the sound it describes.

Example:flush, zoom, meow, bang

Page 8: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

#6 Personification Gives human traits to nonhumans.

Example:The flag danced in the wind.

Page 9: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

#7 Simile Comparison using like or as.

Example:I slept like a baby.She’s as cute as a button.

Page 10: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

#8 Metaphor Comparison not using like or as.

Example:The snow blankets the earth.

Page 11: Poetry Notes Terms you need to know!. Setup your paper: At the top, write your name in the right corner. Write “Poetry Notes” in the middle of the top

Do you have all the definitions?•Make sure your name is at the top of your

paper.

•Make sure your paper is labeled with “Poetry Notes” at the top.

•Turn in your paper. I will check off and return it tomorrow so you can add it to your notebook.