1. Alliteration Poetry J. T. Barber Second Grade http://www.poetryteachers.com/

2. Vocabulary:  alliteration: is the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”. The first letter, p, is a consonant. It is repeated many times. http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/alliteration.html

3. Rhyme…  rhyme: A poem that has the same or similar sounds at the ends of lines. "Hour" rhymes with "power." http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/index.htm Help Reggie Rhyme…

4. stanza…  stanza: A group of lines that makes up a division of a poem http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/lb_explorer/index.html

5. repetition  repetition: The act or process of repeating  Inside the ocean I see fish. Inside the waves I hear a splash. Inside the water I felt a fish. It seems so big, as big as a whale. It has to be, But then I see, It's a tuna fish.  http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/repetition.html

6. couplet…  couplet: A couplet is a poem made of two lines of rhyming poetry. Two words that rhyme can be called a couplet. My friend has eyes like mud. He always chews his cud. And does it not seem hard to you, When all th sky is clear and blue.

7. line…  line: poems are usually made up of lines. Lines may be organized in stanzas. http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/fiveline.htm And dress by yellow candle-light.

8. poet…  poet: A writer of poems. Shel Silverstein http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/poetsHome.dowww.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/poetsHome.do Maya Angelou

9. rhyme Scheme…  rhyme scheme: An orderly arrangement or combination, a pattern of rhyming lines in a poem. This short poem illustrates the labeling of a rhyme scheme. There once was a big brown cat a That liked to eat a lot of mice. b He got all round and fat a Because they tasted so nice. b http://www.rbuhsd.k12.ca.us/~rgrow/Rhyme%20Schemes.html

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