Poetry Test Cheat Flashcards

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Alliteration

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The repetition of initial constant sounds. The repetition of vowel sounds.

Hint 1

"She looked up with quiet questioning eyes"

"Mighty men make money out of movies"

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to objects

Hint 2

"The moon danced as if on a spotlight stage"

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Stanza

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The grouping of lines in a poem- like a paragraph.

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Rhyme Scheme

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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

Hint 4

A

B

A

B

C

D

C

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Rhythm

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Rhythm is a poem's pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Meter

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The meter of a poem is its rhythmical pattern. Meter is measured in feet or units.

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Quatrain

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Four lines in a poem

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Couplet

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Two lines in a poem

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Onomatopoeia

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Onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound like the sounds they describe

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"The water faucet dripped and gurgled in the kitchen sink"

"The cat meowed behind the dining table."

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Similie

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Smilies are the comparisons of unlike objects or concepts that use words like, as.

Hint 10

"Her hair is like silk sheet"

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Metaphor

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Metaphors are implied comparisons between two objects omitting the words like or as.

Hint 11

"Her life was an open book."

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Imagery

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Imagery is the use of words to paint a picture that allows a creative image in the reader's mind.

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"The sunset was an explosive fireworks display."

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Punctuation in Poetry

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Pause only where there is puctuation telling you to do so (period, comma, semicolon, exclamation, question, etc...) not at the end of every single line.

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Iambic Pentameter

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An Iambic Pentameter is the unstressed-stressed rhythm repeated five times.

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Hyperbole

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A Hyperbole is an exaggeration.

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"The odor was strong enough to kill a horse."

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Concrete poem

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Poetry in which the meaning or effect is conveyed partly or wholly by visual means, using patterns of words or letters and other typographical devices

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Haiku

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A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five. Traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

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Narrative poem

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Narrative poetry is a form of poetry that tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters as well.

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Lyric Poem

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Poems that have a musical rhythm , and their topics often explore romantic feelings and other strong emotions.

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Shakesperean Sonnet

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This is a fourteen line poem that follows a specified rhyme scheme. The Shakespearean sonnet contains four stanzas ( first three stanzas are quatrain and the last stanza is a couplet, fourteen lines in total.) Many sonnets are written about love. It has a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCEFEGG.

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Petrarchan Sonnet

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This type of sonnet has two stanzas, one octave and one sestet ( 14 lines in total.) Poets usually use Iambic Pentameter for both forms of sonnets. It has a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA CDECDE.

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Elegy

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A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.