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8th grade: Intro to poetry

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show - has a speaker - has rhythm - uses figurative language and literary elements  
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show to break the poem into parts to understand it  
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show - decipher the literal meaning - determine the symbolic meaning - determine the universal theme  
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Prosody   show
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show iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee  
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show words that sound the same  
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show Pattern of rhymes, determined by that last word of each line, noted by letters  
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show the language used to create emotions and effects  
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show a pattern you see, feel, or hear; determined by the syllables of the words in the poem  
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Meter   show
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show tells a story, meant to be sung or recited  
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Blank verse   show
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show meaning is conveyed through visual means  
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show speaker reflects on death, often to memorialize someone who recently died  
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show long narrative poem, written in an elevated/formal style  
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show Japanese; 17 syllables in 3 lines, 5-7-5  
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Lyric   show
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Ode   show
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Sonnet   show
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Slant rhyme   show
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Common meter   show
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