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Poetry unit test BMS
Poetry unit test from mrs. Russell's class so you can study vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Haiku | It has 3 verses Developed in Japan Nature is its focus 5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables |
| ode | A poem written in honor of someone or something great importance to the speaker |
| Ballad | A song like poem that often deals with adventure or romance and tells a story usually written in a 4-6 line stanza has often repeated lines |
| Lyric poem | A short highly musical poem that expresses the feelings and observations of a single speaker; has rhyme and rhythm |
| Concrete poem | A poem with a shape that suggests its subject ( shape poem ) |
| Limerick | Developed in limerick Ireland humorous 5 line poem that has regular rhyme ( aabba ) scheme and meter |
| Narrative poem | A story told in verse that has all the elements of a short story |
| Epic poetry | A long poem written in formal elegant language tells about a series of quests undertaken by a great hero closely connected to a particular culture and represents the values of that society |
| Free verse | A poem without either a rhyme or rhyme scheme ( rhyme may be used but without a pattern ) |
| Simile Ex* Concrete mixture moves like an elephant | A figure of speech that uses like or as or than to make a direct comparison of two unlike things |
| Metaphor Ex* I think the sun is a flower that blooms for just one hour | Comparison of two unlike things a figure of speech where something is described as something else |
| Imagery | Words or phrases that Appeal to one or more of the five senses |
| Repetition | The use more than once of sounds words clauses and phrases |
| Personification Ex* The cloud fell dying to the shore | A none human subject is given human characteristics |
| Alliteration Ex* Slowly silently now the moon | The repetition of initial constant sounds draws attention to certain words or ideas |
| Rhyme | The repetition of sounds at the ends of words |
| Rhythm | A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| Onomatopoeia Ex* Buzz crash | Use of words that imitate sounds |
| Couplet Ex* Into my empty head there come A cotton beach a dock wherefrom | A pair of lines (two) that usually rhyme |
| Stanza | A formal division of lines in a poem |
| Verse | A single line of poetry |
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