Language Arts 7 - Types Of Poetry

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Allusion (2)

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- reference to a historical/mythical/literary person, place, event, movement, etc.
- well known to most people

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Antonym

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- opposite word

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Ballad (2)

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- short narrative poem that focuses on single event & utilizes repetition&/refrain

ex
- Annabell Lee

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Broken Rhyme

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- when you rhyme with an internal syllable/sound of a word that is split betwen 2 lines of a poem w/hyphen

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Cinquain (7)

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- poem w/5 lines
1) 1 word title
2) 2 describing words
3) 3 action words
4) 4 words expressing emotions
5) 1 word synonym for title

ex
- Blue

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Couplet (3)

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- pair of successive rhyming lines usually about the same length

ex
- Nothing Gold Can Stay
- The Porcupine

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Didactic Poetry (2)

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- poetry that exists to teach a lesson/moral

ex
- Sark poems

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Envelope

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- poetic device in which a line/phrase/stanza is repeated to enclose other material

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Fable

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- short story that has a moral & usually has animals as main characters

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Found Poem

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- poetry formed by taking words from non-poetic form such as newspaper/story

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Internal Rhyme (2)

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- rhyme occuring within line
- rhyme may be w/words within line but not at line's end/ w/a word within the lien & a word at end of line

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Lyric Poetry (3)

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- short poem that expresses personal feelings
- 1 of 3 main forms of poetry (narrative, lyric, dramatic)
- most nonnarrative poems are in lyric poetry

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Narrative Poetry (4)

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- poem that tells a story
- has characters & plot

ex
- Casey at the Bat
- The Floor and the Ceiling

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Occasional Poem

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- poem written for special occasion

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Ode (2)

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- poem that tells in an original way what is good/unique about a subject & why the author likes it so much

ex
- Ode to Watermelon

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Pun (2)

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- word play/double meaning

ex
- The Floor and the Ceiling

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Quatrain (3)

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- poem/staza w/4 lines
- rhyme scheme abab/aabb

ex
- The Crocodile

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Refrain (2)

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- stanza/line in a poem that is repeated regularly
- similar to chorus in songs

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Richochet Words (5)

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- hyphenated words usually formed by changing vowel/consonant between 1st and 2nd word

ex
- pitter-patter
- wishy-washy
- ding-dong
- tick-tock

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Tanka (2)

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- 5 lined Japanese poem w/lines of syllables:
5-7-5-7-7

ex
- Mountains

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Tautalogy (2)

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- when you use statements that are redundant in themselves

ex
- the stars, oh astral bodies

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Tongue in Cheek (2)

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- meant/expressed ironically, humorously/ in a kidding manner

ex
- This is Just to Say