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Rhyme
correspondence of sound between words or
the endings of words, especially when these
are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
One word has or ends with a sound that
corresponds to another.
"balloon rhymes with moon"

With a partner or by yourself, make a list of
words that rhyme with the word


Bar


Door

Fish
(hi-purr-bowl-e)
statements or claims not meant to be taken
literally.

Exaggeration

Example: Im so hungry, I could eat a horse!
A section or division of a poem; specifically, a
grouping of lines that develops one idea.
.Live your life live your life
Let the love inside
It's your life, it's your life
Your beauty's deep inside
Inside you.
Don't let 'em bring you down, no!
The beauty is inside of you
Don't let 'em bring you down, no.
a figure of speech in which human
characteristics are attributed to animals,
plants, inanimate objects, natural forces or
abstract ideas.

Example: The water ran down the hill.

Example: The leaf danced in the air.
a figure of speech that uses like or as to
compare two essentially different objects,
actions, or attributes.

Example: Her fingers were as cold as ice.

Example: Andy ran like a cheetah.
a figure of speech in which two things are
compared, usually by saying one thing is
another

Example: Kate is a chicken.
A couplet poem has rhyming stanzas, each
made up of two lines.

A couplet follows an AA, BB pattern when it
comes to rhyming words.

Across the sky they seem to flow(A)
As wind and currents gently blow.(A)
The cumulus clouds in the sky,(B)
Fluffy, white, and ever so high.(B)
Their shapes and forms are most complex(A)
Numbering at least a googolplex.(A)
by Rebecca Wiggins
I always find it easy to make a rhyme(A)
However for some people it takes a little
time(A)
For me the words just seem to flow out
quick(B)
I guess I always know what words to pick(B)


An acrostic poem spells a word downward.

The word acrostic is from the Greek for "end
line," this is a multiple line poem that spells
a word downwards. Usually written about
oneself in either phrases or list form.

Takes a
Really
Amazing
Stomach to
Handle this mess.


Tremendously
Outgoing
Not perfect
Yet Leads on
With a partner create a couplet poem.

Follow the AA, BB, pattern.
Example: Dog, Log,
Hat, Bat