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20 Cards in this Set
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POETRY
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a special way of writing using rhyme, rhythm, and figurative langauage
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NARRATIVE POEM
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a poem that tells a story
(ex: "Excelsior!") |
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LYRIC POEM
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a poem with a musical quality
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FREE VERSE
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a poem with no particular rhyme pattern or rhythm
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HAIKU
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Japanese - three line poem
five syllables seven syllables five syllables (usually about nature) |
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LIMERICK
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five line humorous poem with rhyme scheme:
A A B B A |
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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language not meant to be taken literally (it doesn't mean exactly what it says)
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SENSORY LANGUAGE
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using words that appeal to the senses
(ex: sticky, slimy, velvety) |
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RHYME
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using words witht he same ending sound
(ex: cat, sat, mat) |
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RHYME SCHEME
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a pattern of end rhymes in a poem - letters show the pattern
A A B B |
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RHYTHM
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the 'beat' in a poem - a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
(twinKLE, twinKLE, litTLE STAR) or (i THINK that I shall NEver SEE a POEM as LOVEly AS a TREE) |
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COUPLET
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two lines that rhyme
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CONCRETE POEM
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a poem written so that the arrangement of words suggests the subject (shape poem)
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IMAGERY
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using words and phrases that create pictures in the mind
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METAPHOR
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a comparison of two unlike things that talks about one as if it is the other
(ex: her hair is glistening silk) |
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SIMILE
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a comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
(ex: her hair is as soft as silk) |
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PERSONIFICATION
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giving human qualities to non-human things
(ex: the trees sighed in the wind) |
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ALLITERATION
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repetition of beginning consonant sounds
(ex: tongue twisters - Mixed-up Mary messed up the message) |
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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words that sound like what they mean
(ex: slam!, splat!) |
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BALLAD
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songlike poems that tell a story, usually adventure or romance
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