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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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