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15 Cards in this Set
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What poem has two lines of poetry that rhyme and has a complete thought?
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Couplet
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The first and second lines ryhme.
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What poem has only one couplet?
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Closed couplet
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There are no other lines in the poem, except these two.
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What poem has three lines of poetry that rhyme?
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Triplet
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Each word at the end of the three lines rhyme.
"hands, lands, stands" |
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What poem has four lines, usually every other line in the poem rhymes.
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Quatrain
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The pattern is ABBA or AABB pattern rhymes.
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What poem tells a dramatic or exciting story?
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Ballard
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It's usually written in the form of a Quatrain and has a simple rhythm/rymning pattern. Can be set to music.
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What poem expresses strong personal emotion?
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Lyric
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These poems often sound musical when read aloud because of their rhythmic sound patterns.
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What poem has a rhyme that appears within one line of the poem?
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Internal rhyme
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A word in the middle of the line, rhymes with a word at the end of the line of the poem.
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What poem has 22 syllables and is a nonrhyming poem?
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Cinquain
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The first line is the subject and the last line is a synonym for the subject.
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What poem has five lines and has a certain number of words in each line?
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Diamante'
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It comes from a French word and is shaped like a diamond.
The first word is the subject and the last word of the poem is the subject. |
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What non-rhyming, three line poem has 17 syllables?
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Haiku
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It is a Japanese poem, usually written about nature. It has a 5,7,5 syllabic pattern.
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What non-rhyming, five line poem has 31 syllables?
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Tanka
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This is the oldest Japanese poem. It's line pattern is 5,7,5,7,7.
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What poem does not follow any specific rules and usually doesn't rhyme?
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Free Verse
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The poet usually decided where the lines break. Blank spaces are used instead of periods or commas.
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What poem usually tells a humorous story and has five lines - one couplet and one triplet?
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Limerick
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They often contain hyprbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, etc. The rhyming pattern is usually AABBA.
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Riddle - It goes through an apple. It points out the way, It fits in a bow, Then a target to stay.
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An Arrow
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It is shot from a bow.
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Riddle - He has a look of awful scorn, And wears his clothes a funny way, Waving his hands ovr field of corn, He keeps the birds away!
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A Scarecrow
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He scares the crows away - crow is part of his name.
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