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37 Cards in this Set
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Poetry
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A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form
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Poet
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The author of the poem
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Speaker
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The narrator of the poem
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Form
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The apperance of the words on the page
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Line
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A group of words together on one line of the poem
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Stanza
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A group of lines arranged together
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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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Quintet
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A five line stanza
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Sestet(Sextet
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A six line stanza
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Septet
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A seven line stanza
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Octave(Octet)
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A eight line stanza
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Rhythm
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The beat vreated by the sounds of the words in a poem
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Meter
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A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Foot
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A unit of meter
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Iambic
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unstressed, stressed
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Trochanic
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stress, unstressed
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Anapestic
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unstressed, unstressed, stressed
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Dactylic
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stressed, unstressed, unstressed
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monometer
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1 foot in a line
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dimeter
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2 feet in a line
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trimeter
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3 feet in a line
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tetrameter
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4 feet in a line
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pentramater
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5 feet in a line
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hexameter
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6 feet in a line
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heptameter
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7 feet in a line
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octometer
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8 feet in a line
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Free Verse
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Does not have any repeating patterns, does not have rhyme
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Blank Verse
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Written in lines of iambic pentameter, but does not use end ryhme
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Limerick
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a 5 lined poem with 1 couplet and 1 triplet
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Acrostic
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a poem where the 1st letter of each line form a word when you read them looking downward.
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Alliteration
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the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least 2 repetitions in a row.
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Imagery
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the use of vivid description, usually rich in sensory words, to create images in the readers mind.
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Hyperbole
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over exaggerated expression.
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Paradox
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a statement that contradicts itself.
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Euphemism
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the substitution of an offensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
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