Poetry terms to know!

Written

Spoken word

Music

Rap

Some poems rhyme

Some don’t at all

Some can be 14 lines

Some can be 1 line....

Alliteration: repeated letters at the beginning of a word

Simile- a figure of speech that directly compares two things! Similes differ from metaphors by highlighting the similarities between two things using words such as "like" or "as"

Metaphors- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Rhyme scheme-the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

Onomatopoeia- when the words being used mimic the sounds it is describing (ex: ring)