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24 Cards in this Set
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Poetry
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a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty and expressing this through words.
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Line
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The basic unit of poetry
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Meter
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a structure in which each line contains a set amount of syllables
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Stanza
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equivalent or equal to the paragraph in prose
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Rhyme
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when the endings of the words sound the same.
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Rhyme Scheme
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the pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line
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Repitition
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is the repeating of a sound, word, or phrase for emphasis.
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Figurative Language
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Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else
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Firgures of Speech
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simile, metaphor, and alliteration
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simile
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a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things
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alliteration
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the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words
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imagery
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an appeal to the senses. The poet describes something to help you to see, hear, touch, taste, or smell
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hyperbole
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An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect
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idiom
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a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions
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personification
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A figure of speech, which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea
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free verse
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poetry that is written without proper rules about form,
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Haiku
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Japanese poetry. Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metered lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables
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Limerick
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It consists of five lines with the rhyme scheme a a b b a
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Narrative Poem
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often of folk origin and intended to be sung
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Couplet
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a two line stanza
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Triplet
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a three line stanza
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Quatrain
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a four line stanza
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Cinquain
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a five line stanza
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