Poetry Terms 2/5/07

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catalog poem

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built on list of images. repetitions of items creates rolling rhythm when read aloud

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narration

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writing about a series of related events

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prose poem

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compact and rhythmic in form of prose paragraph vivid figure of speech

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dramatic monologue

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poem where character speaks to listeners

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blank verse

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poetry in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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ballad

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song that tells a story

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lyric

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doesn't tell a story. expresses feelings or thoughts

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sonnet - petrarchan

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14 line poem, iambic pentameter, thyme's oldest first 8 lines pose questions. last 6 answer

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sonnet - shakespearean

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4 line units. followed by 2 line couplet. abab cdcd efef gg

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stanza

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group of lines that form a single unit

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couplet

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two lines that rhyme

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quatrain

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2 4-line stanzas. express unit of thought

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scene/setting

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location. internal, external, or both

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speaker/persona

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voice that is talking to us in poem

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imagery

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language that appeals to the senses

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fresh imgage

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describe things in terms of a different thing

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cliche

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overused worn-out phrase

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metaphor

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comparison between two unlike things.

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direct metaphor

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directly compare with a verb like "is"

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implied metaphor

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doesn't directly tell us. uses words that suggest nature of comparison

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extended metaphor

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extended over several lines

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simile

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compare 2 unlike things using like or as

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personification

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inanimate objects are giving human traits

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repetition

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repetition of words, phrases, or entire lines

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diction

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writer or speaker's word choice

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pun

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play on multiple meanings of a word

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tone

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attitude writer has toward audience, subject, or character

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denotation

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literal, dictionary definition of a word

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refrain

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repeated word, phrase, line, group of lines

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connotation

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all meanings, associations, or emotions suggested by word

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meter

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pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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scanning

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analyzing a poem to show its meter

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foot

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building blocks of meter

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iamb

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untressed followed by stressed

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trochee

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stressed followed by unstressed

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anapest

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two unstressed followed by stressed

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dactyl

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stressed followed by two unstressed

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spondee

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2 stressed syllables

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free verse

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no meter or rhyme scheme

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pentameter

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a line with 5 feet

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tetrameter

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verse with four feet

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rhyme

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repetition of accented vowel sounds in close together words

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end rhyme

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rhymes at end of lines

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rhyme scheme

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pattern of rhymes in a poem

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approximate rhyme

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words of rhymes in a poem

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approximate rhyme

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words don't exactly rhyme but still have a similar sound

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internal rhyme

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occur in middle of line

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onomatopoeia

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word whose sound imitates meaning

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alliteration

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repetition of consonant sounds