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32 Cards in this Set
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elements of poetry
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poets use language imaginatively to create images,tell stories,explore feelings, and describe experiences
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sound devices
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to enhance the poems mood and meaning
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rhythm
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the beat created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
-The cat sat on the mat. |
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alliteration
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repetition of constant sounds in the beginning of words
-lovely lonely lights |
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rhyme
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the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
-pool fool |
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repetition
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the use of any element of language
-a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence more than once |
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onomatopoeia
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use of words that imitate sounds
-crush,bang,hiss,splat |
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meter
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the rhythmical pattern in a poem
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consonance
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repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables
-wind and sand |
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds followed by stressed syllables
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figurative language
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writing or speech that isnt meant to be taken literally
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personification
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giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
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simile
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comparing 2 unlike things with like or as
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metaphor
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not comparing with like or as
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symbol
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anything that represents something else
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sensory language
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writing or speech that appeals to one or more of your senses
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haiku
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5 syllables
7 syllables 5 syllables |
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free verse
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poetry defined by lack of structure
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lyric
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poetry that expresses the thoughts/feelings of a single speaker
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limeric
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humorous,rhyming, 5 line poem
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narrative
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tells a story in a verse
often have similar elements to a short story such as their plot and characters |
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ballads
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song like poems that tell a story and they often deal with adventure and romance
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rhyming couplets
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pairs of rhyming lines that usually have the same meter and length
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Ms. Marcus
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tall and skinny
long brown hair when she smiles, it makes you feel good inside |
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Lamont
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just regular
can draw really good superheroes |
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Angel
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kinda chubby
light brown hair good at science stuff |
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Eric
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can sing really well
sounds like an angel |
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Whats the setting of Almost a Summer Sky?
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a park
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What does Rodney love in Almost a Summer Sky?
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he loves trees and nature
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Why does Lonnie mention Miss Edna's cooking and Lily's dresses?
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he's happy where he is
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How are both poems alike?
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have Ms. Marcus
and Lonnie the speaker free verse |
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Whats the setting of Describe Somebody?
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a classroom
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