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Poetry final
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A person who narrates a poem | Speaker |
| descriptive language used to create mental pictures of the subject. (figurative lang.) | Imagery |
| A figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as. (please give example) | Metaphor Ex: she is a sponge |
| A metaphor in extra detail | Extended Metaphor |
| A non-human thing/object is given human qualities (figurative lang.) | Personifaction |
| The repetition of initial sounds in adjacent words or syllables | Alliteration |
| Repeats the same word or phrase to make idea clearer | Repetition |
| The formation of words in imitation of natural sounds (buzz, hiss) | Onomatopoeia |
| The repeating of similar sounding words ocuring at the end of lines | Rhyme |
| Regular rise and fall in the sound of words in speech | Rhythm |
| a row of words in a poem that goes in a stanza | Line |
| A group of lines that form a division in a poem | Stanza |
| Rhythm in verse or music | Meter |
| The pattern of how the end words of a line rhyme (a,a,b,b) | Rhyme Scheme |
| When words at the end of a line rhyme with one another (create rhyme scheme) | End Rhyme |
| Rhyming inside a line | Internal Rhyme |
| A pair of verses that rhyme | Rhyming Couplet |
| Expresses thoughts and feelings of a single speaker; often musical | Lyric |
| 14 lines, 3 stanzas, a,b,a,b rhyme scheme expresses feelings, type of lyric poetry, Uses iambic pentameter | Sonnet |
| Expresses a noble feeling with dignity; Type of lyric | Ode |
| A poem that expresses grief; type of lyric | Elegy |
| Tells a story in verse | Narrative poetry |
| A long poem in elevated style narrating deeds of a hero; type of narrative | Epic |
| A narrative poem of strongly marked rhythm, suitable for singing, often romantic | Ballad |
| Poetry with no strict pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement, Alliteration and repetition make it poetry | FREE VERSE |
| Humorous 5 line poem | Limerick |
| poetry that has some sort of visual representation to enhance effect on the reader | Concrete (shape) Poem |
| Short unrhymed poems,nature orientated, often thoughtful, Striking imagery | Haiku |
| A whismical 4 line poem, Biographical invented by Edmund Clerihew Bently | Clerihew |
| 5 line poem, very descriptive, 1 verb, 2 adjectives, 3 action verbs, 4 words, 1 synonym | Cinquain |
| 7 line poem, diamond shaped, compares 2 opposites (hot, cold or black, white) | Diamante |
| Takes a word or concept and attempts to define it, provide prospective, redefine it, or create a definitive example of it | Definition Poem |
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