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Poetry Concepts 46
Poety Concepts and Literary Devices
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lyric Poem | A short poem that doesn't tell a story |
| Narrative Poem | A long poem that tells a story with plot |
| Dramatic Poem | A poem that tells about an event in a dramatic way |
| Ode | A lyric poem in the for of an address to a particular subject |
| Elegy | A poem that mourns the death of someone |
| Sonnet | A 14-line poem |
| Epic | A poem that narrates the deeds and adventures of a heroic and legendary figure |
| Ballad | A short poem that involves one character |
| Meter | Measure of rhythm in a line of poetry |
| Foot | A single repeating segment of a rhyme |
| Iamb | Unstressed, Stressed |
| Spondee | Stressed, Stressed |
| Anapest | Unstressed, Unstressed, Stressed |
| Trochee | Stressed, Unstressed |
| Dactyl | Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed |
| Metaphor | Comparison without "like" or "as" |
| Simile | Comparison with "like" or "as" |
| Personification | Attributing human-like qualities to an inanimate object |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration |
| Onomatopoeia | Representation of a sound |
| Irony | The outcome is opposite of what expected |
| Paradox | When their are two IDEAS that can be true and false at the same time |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the first letter |
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