poetry terms
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| what is prose? | the way people speak and write
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| what is poetry? | writing that contains rhyme
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| what is denotation? | dictionary definition of a word
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| what is connotation? | the emotional meaning of a word
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| what is a stanza? | a group of lines within a poem
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| what is line break? | how a poem is broken into lines
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| what does a narrative poem do? | tells a story
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| what does a lyrical poem do? | tells a story but has a refrain
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| what is a free verse poem? | anything you want it to be
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| what is a concrete poem? | shape poetry
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| what is a name poem? | use of letters in your name to create a poem
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| what is a haiku poem? | Japanese poetry with three lines, 17 syllables
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| what do characteristics of poetry do? | define your poetry
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| what do poetic devices do? | enhance your poetry
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| what is compactness in a poem? | a poem that is 10 lines or less
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| what is figurativeness in a poem? | a metaphor
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| what is rhythm in a poem? | regular sound patterns
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| what is imagery in a poem? | the use of our senses
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| what is emotional intensity in a poem? | reader is involved briefly but intensely through emotion
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| what are sound patterns in a poem? | long and short vowel sounds and rhythm patterns
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| what is alliteration | repetition of the same or similar constants, ex. creamy and crunchy
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| what is a metaphor? | comparison between two unlike things, ex. bright night
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| what is a simile? | comparison between two unlike things, ex. happy as the sun
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| what is internal rhyme? | rhyme within one sentence, ex. he went up the HILL, to visit the MILL
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| what is end rhyme? | rhyme at the end of two or more sentences in a row
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| what is repetition? | repeating of words or phrases throughout a poem
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| what is refrain? | a repeated line or stanza used throughout a poem
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| what is an onomatopoeia? | the use of a word whose sound suggests the meaning of the word
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| what is an oxymoron? | a contradiction in terms
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| what is symbolism? | something small used to represent something bigger
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| what is personification? | giving nonhuman things human like characteristics
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| what is hyperbole? | a huge exaggeration
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| what is irony? | a twist of fate
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