3. Definitions
1. speaker - A person who delivers a
speech or lecture
2. diction - The choice and use of words
and phrases in speech or writing
3. imagery - Visually descriptive or figura-
tive language
4. allusion - An expression designed to call
something to mind without mentioning it
explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
5. simile - A figure of speech involving the
comparison of one thing with another thing
of a different kind
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4. 6. personification - The attribution of a per-
sonal nature or human characteristics
7. metaphor - A figure of speech in which
a word or phrase is applied to an object or
action to which it is not literally applicable.
8. refrain - A repeated line or number of
lines in a poem or song, typically at the
end of each verse
9. symbol - Something that represents or
stands for something else, esp. a material
object representing something abstract.
10. stanza - A group of lines forming the
basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
such as a verse.
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5. Black Out Poetry
Black out poetry is when you find a
story in a newspaper and cross out lines
so the words that aren’t crossed out
make a story of your own.
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8. I AM Poem
I am energetic and nice
I wonder why people are so quick to judge
others
I hear people talking
I see people
I want a baby brother
I am energetic and nice
I pretend I am happy
I feel sad for people that have nothing
I touch the floor
I worry about losing the people I love
I cry when I lose something I care about
I am energetic and nice
I understand why life is how it is
I say always be yourself
I dream about life
I try to be happy
I hope I get taller
I am energetic and nice
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10. Sonnett
A poem of fourteen lines using any
of a number of formal rhyme
schemes, in English typically having
ten syllables per line.
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11. Italian Shakespearian
both
14 lines both with
rhyme schemes
divided into
two sections by
two different groups
of rhyming sounds
has the sim-
plest and most
flexible pattern
first 8 lines is
called the octave
and rhymes
both iambic
pentameter
3 quatrains of
alternating rhyme
and a couplet
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During the summertime every year,
all of the students get out of school
the sun comes out and begins to shine
the air gets warmer and the days get better
the nights get longer and friends come together
people lay outside and try to get a tan
everyone no longer wear jeans and long sleeves
shorts and tank tops come back into style
going to the pool, swimming, hanging with friends
going to the lake, boating, fishing
going on vacations around the world
spending time with your family and friends
no stress, just a time to lie back and relax
everybody enjoys summertime
13. Concrete Poem
Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry
in which the typographical arrangement of
words is as important in conveying the in-
tended effect as the conventional elements
of the poem, such as meaning of words,
rhythm, rhyme and so on.
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14. Acrostic Poem
Suns shining
Under the sun all day
Many friends around
Memories last forever
Everybody loves it
Relaxing all day
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15. Free Verse & Parody Poem
Free Verse definition: Poetry that does not
rhyme or have a regular meter.
Example: Summer is when the school year
ends and the sun starts to shine.
Parody definition: An imitative work cre-
ated to mock, comment on or trivialize an
original work, its subject, author, style, or
some other target, by means of satiric or
ironic imitation.
Example (Parody of the Cat in the Hat):
the sun shone through the clouds.
it was too nice out to be in school.
so we played outside
all that warm, warm, nice day.
i ran around with friends.
we played games, all 5 of us.
and i said, 'how glad i
am that we didn’t go to school today!'
too nice to be inside
and too nice to do work.
so we sat outside.
we played all day.
Ode definition: A lyric poem in the form of
an address to a particular subject, often
elevated in style or manner and written in
varied or irregular meter / a poem meant to
be sung.
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