Morris - Poetry Test Study Guide Vocabulary - Review

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a deliberate exaggeration to make writing interesting

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hyperbole

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the feeling that the poem gives the reader

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mood

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a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

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simile

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gives human characteristics to a non-human thing

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personification

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the words in your poem that use strong verbs, specific nouns and adjectives to give the reader a sensory experience

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imagery

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is a rhythm created by emphasizing certain syllables; the way of combining accented and unaccented syllables to make a regular pattern. Verse uses this, prose does not.

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meter

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a type of poem with a shape that suggests its subject (or topic)

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concrete

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when the end of words sound the same

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rhyme

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the pattern of rhyme in a stanza of a poem

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rhyme scheme

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where the lines are broken into parts of the poem or stanzas to create an effective visual presentation

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line breaks

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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

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alliteration

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a pair of (two) lines of poetry with rhyming end words

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couplet

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the use of words to create pictures in the mind of the reader – It is what poets and writers use to make their writing more vivid and imaginative.

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figurative language

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an expression that doesn’t really mean what it says – it cannot be taken literary

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idiom

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a group of lines in a poem that are related to each other in the same way that sentences in a paragraph go together

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stanza

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when a word represents a sound

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onomatopoeia

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a three-lined Japanese poem about nature with set syllables

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haiku

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a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes something else.

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metaphor

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a humorous, rhyming, poem with five lines and a set meter and rhyme scheme

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limerick

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when poets decide to ignore meter and rhyme; the poetry is meant to sound like conversation - poetry written without a rhyme or pattern, meter, or line length

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free verse

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a poem that uses the letters in the topic word to start each verse

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acrostic

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a story told using poetry

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narrative

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I feel like a limp dishrag.

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simile

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The sizzling of the steak on the grill made me hungry.

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onomatopoeia

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Ten tiny toads hopped towards the tree.

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alliteration

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The yellow daffodils nodded their heads at the walkers.

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personification

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A white blanket covered my yard when I awoke.

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metaphor

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a long poem that honors a person, a place or a thing

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ode