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23 Cards in this Set
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poetry
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expression of feelings with words
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stanza
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paragraph form of writing poetry; grouped lines with spaces between
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line
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sentence form of writing poetry
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form
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the way the poem looks
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sound
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what you hear in the poem
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rhythm
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the beat of a poem
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rhyme
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words with repeated end sounds
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rhyme scheme
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a poem's pattern of rhyme. Use letters to figure it out
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repetition
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repeating the same word or phrase
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alliteration
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words with the same beginning sound
Ex. My mother made me make my bed. |
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onomatopoeia
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sound effects used in poetry; words that sound like the word itself
Ex. Buzz/Pop/Crack |
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simile
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comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
Ex. The siren cried like a baby as it raced down the street. |
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metaphor
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comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"
Ex. The clouds are cotton balls in the sky. |
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personification
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giving a non-human object human-like characteristics
Ex. The tree waves its arms in the wind. |
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imagery
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use of the five senses in poetry; a poem's mind movie; word picture a poem creates
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idiom
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figurative language that says one thing but means something else
Ex. tongue of a shoe She was so happy she was sitting on cloud nine. |
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hyperbole
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an over exaggeration of a thought
Ex. Mrs.Smith gave me a mountain of homework. |
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mood
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a poem's feeling or tone
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haiku
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originated in Japan, does NOT rhyme follows a 5-7-5- syllable pattern
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limerick
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originated in Ireland, funny or silly poem, 5 lines long- lines 1,2,5 rhyme and lines 3,4 rhye
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narrative poem
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poetry that tells a story ; usally long in length
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free verse
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poem with no rhyme pattern and no required form
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concrete poem
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poems written in the shape of the object being described
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