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50 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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imagery
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words and phrases that describe what is seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched
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blank verse
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unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
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meter
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reoccurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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connotations
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all other associations (emotional)
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denotations
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dictionary meaning
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stanza
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groups of lines w/ same metrical pattern
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explication
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close reading of a poem
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quatrain
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a 4-line stanza
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foot
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a group of syllables w/ a pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables
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haiku
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17 syllables, 3 lines, about nature
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villanelle
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19 lines (5 tercets and a quatrain)
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scansion
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analysis of patterns of stressed/unstressed syllables within a line of poetry
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iamb
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U/ u=less stressed /=more stressed
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trochee
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/U stressed, unstressed
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Visual poetry
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appearance is important as content. Poem in a heart.
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stress
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when one syllable is emphasized more than another (eagle)
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onomatapoeia
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words whose sounds resembles a meaning (swish, boom, crash)
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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open form poetry
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free verse
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couplet
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2 line stanza w/ rhyming lines
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rhythm
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regular reoccurrence of sound in a poem
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simile
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uses like or as
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metaphore
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figures of speech that compare two similar items
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speaker
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refer to in a poem
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rhythm
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regular reoccurrence of sound in a poem
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simile
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uses like or as
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metaphore
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figures of speech that compare two similar items
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speaker
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refer to in a poem
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villanelle
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19 lines (5 tercets and a quatrain)
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scansion
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analysis of patterns of stressed/unstressed syllables within a line of poetry
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iamb
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U/ u=less stressed /=more stressed
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trochee
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/U stressed, unstressed
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Visual poetry
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appearance is important as content. Poem in a heart.
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stress
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when one syllable is emphasized more than another (eagle)
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onomatapoeia
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words whose sounds resembles a meaning (swish, boom, crash)
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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open form poetry
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free verse
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couplet
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2 line stanza w/ rhyming lines
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rhythm
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regular reoccurrence of sound in a poem
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simile
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uses like or as
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metaphore
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figures of speech that compare two similar items
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speaker
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refer to in a poem
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rhythm
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regular reoccurrence of sound in a poem
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simile
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uses like or as
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metaphore
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figures of speech that compare two similar items
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speaker
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refer to in a poem
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rhythm
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regular reoccurrence of sound in a poem
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simile
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uses like or as
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metaphore
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figures of speech that compare two similar items
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speaker
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refer to in a poem
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