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40 Cards in this Set
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how many stanzas are in an Emily Dickinson poem
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4
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Emily Dickinson was born on __/__/_____ in ______, ____________
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December 10, 1830
Amherst, Massachusetts |
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What two academies did Dickinson study at
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Amherst Academy,
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary |
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Who was Emily Dickinson's mentor
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Emily Dickinson used __________ rhythm
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iambic
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define: Iambic
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an unstressed sylable followed by a stressed one
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name an iam
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ago, untied, insame, reject(v), compell, extreme
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t/f Dickinson uses dashes
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true
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t/f Dickinson uses elliptical style
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t
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Define Alliteration
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repetitive sounding words
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Perfect Rhyme
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begins with different sounds and ends with the same
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example of a perfect rhyme
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pie/die
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Assonant Rhyme
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rhyming of similar vowels but different consonants
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example of assonant rhyme
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dip.limp
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Consonant Rhyme
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similar consonants but different vowels
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example of consonant rhyme
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limp/ lump
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Eye Rhyme
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based on spelling and not on sound
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example of eye rhyme
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love/move
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Feminine rhyme
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differing beginnings followed by multiple rhyming syllables
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give an example of a feminine rhyme
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drinking/shrinking
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Light Rhyme
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Rhyming of a stressed syllable with a secondary stressed
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give an example of a light rhyme
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mat/combat
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Macaronic rhyme
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rhyming of two words with different languages
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give an example of a Macaronic Rhyme
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queasy/civilise
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Masculine Rhyme
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different consonant sounds ending identically stressed sylllables
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example of a masculine rhyme
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report/support
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Near Rhyme
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final consonant sounds the same but initial consonants and vowel sounds are different
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example of a near rhyme
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tought/sat
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Near Rhyme=___________ rhyme
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approximate, slant, oblique, off, half
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Rich rhyme
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words that rhyme with their hononym
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give an example of a rich rhyme
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blue/blew
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wrenched rhyme
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a stressed syllable with an unstressed one
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example of a wrenched rhyme
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lady/ a bee
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name the first three poems we read in class
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1. I felt a funeral in my brain
2. It was not death, for I stood up 3. I felt a cleaving in my mind |
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name the second poems we read in class
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1. I heard a Fly buzz
2. I died for beauty but was scarce 3.Because I could not stop for Death |
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name the last three poems we read in class
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1. Pain-has an element of blank"
2. I had been hungry all the Years 3. My life closed twice before its close |
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what are the subjects of the first 3 poems
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1. a group of people in her mind
2. sadness 3. her mind |
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what are the subjects of the second 3 poems we read in class
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her death for all of them
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what are the subjects of teh last 3 poems we read in class
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her love for all of them
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give one example of her using tactile imagery
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the stillness in the room,
was like the stillness in the air between the heaves of storm |
