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28 Cards in this Set
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Poetry |
Literary work written in metrical form that is a genre of literature. |
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Form
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The way a poem looks- the arrangment of words on the page. |
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Lines
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Poems are made of lines which may or may not be sentences. |
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Stanza |
A number of lines that divide a poem into sections. A group of lines in a poem. |
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Free Verse
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Form of poetry with no pattern or form. Does not rhyme, portrays images, or feelings. |
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Concrete
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A poem written in the shape of something that visually reinforces the meaning. |
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Onamatopoeia |
Use of words that imitate sounds. |
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Rhyme
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The repetition of words at the end of words. |
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Meter |
A rhythmic pattern that is repeated. |
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Repetition |
The use of sounds, words, or phrases that is repeated. |
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Alliteration
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The repetition of consonants sounds at the beginning of two or more words. |
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Simile |
A comparison of two unlike things using "like or as". |
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Metaphor |
Comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like or "as". |
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Personification |
Giving an inanimate object life like qualities. |
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Verse
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A line of metrical writing (one of the lines of a poem). |
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Hyperbole
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An exaggeration
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Lyrical Poetry |
Personal and descriptive poetry with no particular length. This form could be words to a song. |
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Couplet
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Two lines that end with words that rhyme.
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Foot
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Each group of stresses with a line of poetry. |
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Rhyme Scheme
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A pattern of end rhyme in a stanza or poem. Pattern is charted by assigning a letter of the alphebet beginning with "A". Lines that rhyme are given the next letter. |
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Rhythm
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A Beat or Pattern of sound created by stressed or unstressed syllables. A poems rhythm is sometimes called it's beat. |
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Symbolism
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Using an object to represent an idea. |
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Mood |
is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. |
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Imagery |
consists of words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses. |
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Haiku |
form of Japanese poetry in which 17 syllables are arranged in three lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables. |
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Idiom |
an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words. ex, to go to the dogs. |
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Limerick |
is a short, humorous poem composed of five lines. Usually has a rhyme scheme aabba |
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Sonnet |
a poem that has a formal structure, containing 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme and meter. |
