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23 Cards in this Set
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Poetry
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expression of feelings with words
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Line
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sentence form of writing poetry
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Sanza
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paragraph form of writing poetry; grouped lines with spaces between
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Form
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the way a poem looks
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Sound
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what you hear in a poem
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Rhythm
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the beat of a poem
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Rhyme Scheme
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a poem's pattern of rhyme;Use letters to figure it out
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Repetition
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repeating the same word or phrase
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Alliteration
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words with the same beginning sound Ex: My mother made my bed.
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Onomatopoeia
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sound effects used in poetry; words that sound like the word itself Ex: Buzz Pop Crack
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Simile
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comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" Ex: The siren cried like a baby as it raced down the street.
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Metaphor
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comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as" Ex: The clouds are cotton ball in the sky.
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Personification
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giving a non-human object human-like characteristics Ex: The tree waves its arms in the wind.
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Imagery
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Use of the five senses in poetry; a poem's mind movie; word picture a poem creates
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Idiom
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figurative language that says one thing but means something else
Ex: tongue of a shoe She was so happy she was sitting on cloud nine. |
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Hyperbole
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an exaggeration of thought EX: Mrs. Smith gave me a mountain of homework.
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Mood
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a poem's feeling or tone
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Haiku
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originated in Japan, does NOT rhyme, follows a 5-7-5 syllable pattern
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Limerick
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originated in Ireland, funny or silly poem, 5 lines long- lines 1,2,5 rhyme & lines 3,4 rhyme
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Narrative poem
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poetry that tells a story, usually long in length
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Free verse
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poem with no rhyme pattern and no required form
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Concrete Poem
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poems written in the shape of the object being described
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Rhyme
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words with repeated end sounds
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