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Poetry Flashcards

Poetry

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Poetic Devices sound devices used to create a mood,set the tone.
Alliteration Repetition of beginning sounds( sad Sunday, knowing nobody, cnad ki
Amphora repetition of a word or words at the beginning of a line.
Assonance repetition of vowel sounds within words
Consonance repeated consonant sounds within words
Internal Rhyme the rhyming of two or more words within the same line.
Near Rhyme the repetition of sounds (usually the constant sounds will match, but not the vowel sound.
Onomatopoeia words that imitate their sounds.(BEAM,SPLASH,BOOM.)
True Rhyme the last syllable of words have identical sounds.
Figurative Language figures of speech not meant to be taken literally.
Allusion reference to another person,place,event,literary,work,etc
Hyperbole Exaggeration
Idiom a common phrase or figure of speech not to be taken literally. (examples- beating around the bush,raining cats and dogs)
Metaphor comparison of two things ( equaling one to the other.
Personification a metaphor that gives human qualities/traits to non-human things.
Simile comparing two things using like or as.
Lyric Poetry is a form of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings. Is usually written in the present tense, and has specific rhyme schemes and a musical
Narrative Poetry is poetry that tells a story and has a plot, often makes use of the of the voices of the narrator and characters. Usually written in metered verse. May be long or short.
Meter In Poetry is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in a verse. Many traditional verse forms require a specific verse meter or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order.
Rhyme Scheme Is the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem. Is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme.
Ballad A song or a poem that tells a story , usually in a short stanzas as simple language.
Narrative Poem A poem that tells a story.
Free Verse Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
Rhythm A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of other sound patterns. A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of other sound patt
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