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Poetry techniques
6th grade LA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A type of poem that is mournful and about the memories of a death loved one who has died | elegy |
| A type of poem that is written in the shape of the subject of the poem. | concrete poem |
| A poem that has NO definite rhyme scheme | free verse |
| A type of poem that is a tribute to a person, place or object. The person may be alive or not. | ode |
| A type of poem that is a comparison between two unlikely things. The comparison is shown from beginning to end of poem. | extended metaphor |
| A pattern of rhyme, for example aabb | rhyme scheme |
| Words that rhyme WITHIN a line of poetry, for example "The port is near, the bells I hear..." | internal rhyme |
| "I race along the track/ The wind against my back" is an example of what type of rhyme patttern? | rhyming couplet |
| The rhyme scheme in the stanza "At the end of the street/ is where I took my feet/ to pick up my treat" is an example of w | rhyming triplet |
| A stanza with four rhyming lines | quatrain |
| When one line of poetry doesn't have any end punctuation and it is read just like a sentence to the next line | enjambment |
| A feature in a poem that allows a reader to clap their hands to the beat | rhythm |
| Two or more words in a line of poetry that start with the same sound, for example " The sound of steps scared me" | alliteration |
| The same consonant sounds at the end of several words, as in " The trill of the bugle on the hill" | consonance |
| A repeated vowel sound in the middle of several words, for example, "From the fearful trip the victor ship..." | assonance |
| "December screamed as the wind sneezed its icicles" is an example of human characteristics to non-human things. | personification |
| The FEELING an author has about its subject (think: "Oh Captain! My Captain!") | tone |
| A line of poetry | verse |
| A group of lines of poetry | stanza |
| A romantic poem with 14 lines with iambic pentameter | sonnet |
| Personification given to something in nature | pathetic fallacy |
| The smallest unit of rhythm in poetry with a two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed | foot |
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