L.a Poetry Vocab.

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Folk ballad

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a narrative poem of unknown origin, meant fir subgubg, which has been handed down orally from generation to generation.

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Literary ballad

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a ballad composed by a kknown author who consciously imitates the rhyme, rhyme scheme, and stanza form of a folk ballad.

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Alliteration

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the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in a line of verse.

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Couplet

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two successive lines of verse that rhyme and are usually of equal length.

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Personifacation

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a figure of speech in which human form or characterisics are given to animals, objects, or ideas

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Pun

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a play on words having similar sounds but different meanings, usually for comic effect.

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Rhyme

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repetition of the same sound or sounds at the end of words

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Simile

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a figure of speech in which two objects are essentially different are compared and shown to have one or more qualities in common. The comparison is usually introduced by like or as.

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Sonnet

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a 14 line lyrical poem with an elaborate rhyme scheme.

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Symbol

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and object that stands for, or represents an idea

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Theme

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a central thought or idea in a poem

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Fable

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a short tale that teaches a moral. Characters are usually animals with human characteristics.

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Figure of speech

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an expression in which words are used to convey a forceful or vivid mental picture.

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Haiku

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an ancient Japanese verse form of three unrhymed lines containing seventeen syllables in all

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Free Verse

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poetry that consists of unrhymed lines with irregular rhythmic patterns

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Image

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any word or group of words that appeals to the senses and creates pictures in the mind.

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Oxmoron

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contadictory words