Terms For Poetry Quiz

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A type of writing that uses language to express imaginative and emotional qualities instead of or in addition to meaning.

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Poetry

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Form, Language, Theme, Meaning

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Elements of Poetry

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A single line of poetry

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Lines

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A group of lines set off from the other lines in a poem; the poetic equivalent of a paragraph in prose.

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Stanzas

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Is a poem that may be categorized by the pattern of its lines. (A style of poetry that has set rules)

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Fixed Form

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Is a poem that has neither regular rhyme nor regular meter

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Free Form

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Secondary/emotional meaning of a word or expression in addition to its primary meaning

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Connotation

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Direct meaning word or expression

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Denotation

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Is the use of words outside of their literal or usual meaning to add beauty or force

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Figurative Language

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison of two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another without use of the words like, as, than, or resembles

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Metaphore

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Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using words such as like, as, than, or resembles

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Similie

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Is a special kind of metaphore in which a nonhuman thing I'd talked about as if it was human

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Personification

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Is when a person, place, thing or idea stands for itself and for something

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Symbolism

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The idea or thing that the poem concerns or represents

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Theme

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What the source or sender expresses , messages, communications, or conveys in their message

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Meaning