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Poetry Vocabulary
Reading - Grades 6-8
Term | Definition |
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free verse | poetry that does not rhythm or follow a regular meter |
poem | a piece of writing that uses language, form and rhythm to express ideas |
rhyme scheme | is the pattern of rhyme that comes usually at the end of each verse or line in poetry. |
internal rhyme | is a poetic device that can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhyme with one another. |
end rhyme | occurs when the last syllables or words in two or more lines rhyme with each other. |
rhythm | is a literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in verse form. |
ballad | - a type of poetry or verse which rely on simple and easy-to-understand language and focus on hardships, tragedies, love, and romance |
narrative poem | a poem that tells a story |