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Poetry Terms Quiz 1

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form the way the poem's words and lines are laid out on the page
free verse open form more like everyday speech
graphical elements includes the position and appearances of words, capital letters, and stanzas on the page
rhyme the repetition of sounds at the end of words like me and see
repetition the use of a word, phrase, or line more than once
sound devices these devices give a musical quality to poetry (includes alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, etc)
speaker the voice that talks to the reader
open form this follows the poet's ideas instead of a fixed set of rules
line this may or may not be a complete sentence
conventional form this form follows fixed rules like a set number of lines
rhythm the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
stanza lines arranged in groups
rhyme scheme the pattern of rhyme at the end of lines
meter rhythm that follows a pattern from line to line
assonance repetition of vowel sounds
alliteration repetition of initial consonant sounds
hyperbole a deliberate exaggeration
symbol objects with a deeper meaning
parallelism phrases and clauses with similar structures
metaphor comparing two unlike things without like or as
personification giving a human characteristic to an object
Created by: jonesmc
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