8th grade: Intro to poetry
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| Key traits of poetry | - has a speaker
- has rhythm
- uses figurative language and literary elements
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| Explication | to break the poem into parts to understand it
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| Steps of explication | - decipher the literal meaning
- determine the symbolic meaning
- determine the universal theme
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| Prosody | to study the technical components of a poem; includes rhyme, literary elements, and meter
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| Foot patterns | iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee
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| Rhyme | words that sound the same
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| Rhyme scheme | Pattern of rhymes, determined by that last word of each line, noted by letters
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| Literary elements | the language used to create emotions and effects
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| Rhythm | a pattern you see, feel, or hear; determined by the syllables of the words in the poem
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| Meter | a measure of the audible rhythm of a poem; found by number of syllables, patterned of stressed & unstressed syllables, and scansion (the study of meter alone)
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| Ballad | tells a story, meant to be sung or recited
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| Blank verse | unrhymed, iambic pentameter
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| Concrete | meaning is conveyed through visual means
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| Elegy | speaker reflects on death, often to memorialize someone who recently died
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| Epic | long narrative poem, written in an elevated/formal style
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| Haiku | Japanese; 17 syllables in 3 lines, 5-7-5
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| Lyric | single speaker, expresses personal thoughts and feelings
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| Ode | type of lyric poem, serious themes like justice, truth, or beauty
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| Sonnet | formal structure with 14 lines, specific rhyme scheme and meter
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| Slant rhyme | words that almost rhyme (Ex: rain & again)
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| Common meter | 4 iambs and 3 iambs
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