Poetry+Vocabulary

=Poetry Vocabulary=

Simile - Compares two things using the words like or as.

Metaphor - Compares two things with out using the words like or as.

Personification - Giving a nonhuman thing a human characteristic.

Onomanopoeia - A word that immitates sounds - sound words.

Cinquain - Line 1 - Title (noun) - 2 syllables Line 2 - Description - 4 syllables Line 3 - Action - 6 syllables Line 4 - Feelings (phrase) - 8 syllables Line 5 - Title - synonym - 2 syllables

Poetic License - Your right to write what you want.

Haiku - Nature's poem. 5 7- SYLLABLES 5

Diamonte - Diamond shaped poems.

Line 1 - One noun or subject Line 2 - Two adjectives Line 3 - Three "ing" words Line 4 - Four words about the subject Line 5 - Three "ing" words Line 6 - Two adjectives Line 7 - Synonym for subject

Limericks - Funny poem with five lines.