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Narrative Poetry

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a poem with a plot; It tells a story.

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Epic

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A type of narrative poetry. Really long. Usually about events that are significant to a group of people. Examples: The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aenid

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Ballad

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A type of narrative poetry. Has a repeated chorus/ refrain Examples: “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Hurricane”

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Lyric Poetry

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subject oriented exploration of something Not plot based Most poetry is this kind of poetry

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Epigram

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A type of Lyric Poetry Brief: 2-4 lines Satiric

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Elegy

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A type of Lyric Poetry Poem for the dead Example: “O Captain, My Captain!”

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Ode

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A type of Lyric Poetry Seems to be about an object, but really has a more significant subject and message

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Aubade

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A type of Lyric Poetry post-sex poetry

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Sonnet

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A type of Lyric Poetry always 14 lines and in iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line)

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Petrarchan Sonnet

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Italian style sonnet 2 Quatrains with 2 tercets OR 3 couplets ABBA ABBA with CED CED or CD CD CD

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Shakespearean Sonnet

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English style sonnet 3 Quatrains and one couplet ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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Villanelle

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poem with 6 stanzas: 5 tercets and 1 quatrain

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Sestina

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poem that has 6 sestets and 1 tercet

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Voice

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Persona that an author creates within a poem

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Speaker

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Narrator of a poem

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Tone

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Poet’s attitude toward his or her subject

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Diction

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Author’s word choice

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word; literal meaning

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Connotation

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the emotional attachment of a word

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Elision

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Contracting of words, usually to help fit a rhyme. Example: Over becomes o’er; Never becomes Ne’er

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Imagery

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Effect an image has

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Figurative Language

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Language that must be interpreted

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Hyperbole

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Overexaggeration

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Synechdoche

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Literal part of something stands in for the whole. Example: “All hands on deck” the hands stand in for the whole sailor

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Metonymy
A symbol stands in for the whole Example: a crown represents a king
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Personification
human qualities given to nonhuman objects or ideas
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Metaphor
A direct comparison X is Y
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Simile
Comparison using like, as, or than
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Symbol
element that represents something literal in the story but also stands in for something figurative
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Allegory
Systemic metaphor Example: Animal Farm
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Rhyme
Repeated sounds at the ends of words
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End Rhyme
rhyming ends of lines
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Internal Rhyme
rhyme within a line
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Exact/ Perfect Rhyme
the rhyming sounds are the same
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Imperfect/ Slant Rhyme
looks like a rhyme but isn't Example: tomb and bomb OR it's not exactly a rhyme Example: orange and door hinge
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Feminine
softer than masculine final syllables of rhyming words don't carry stress Example: Dangerous & mysterious
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Masculine
stressed syllables at the ends of rhyming words
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Alliteration
repeated beginning sounds in words
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Assonance
repeated vowel sounds
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Rhythm
patterns of repeated stress
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Foot
A single unit of a rhythm pattern
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Iamb
Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (x /) Example: Prevent
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Trochee
Stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (/ x) Example: Football
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Anapest
2 unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (x x /) Example: Intervene
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Dactyl
Stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed syllables (/ x x) Example: Dangerous
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Rising
Movement from unstressed to stressed
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Falling
Movement from stressed to unstressed
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Spondee
Only stressed (/ /)
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Pyrrhic
Only unstressed (x x)
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Meter
how many times the pattern repeats in a line
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Monometer
1 foot / line
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Dimeter
2 foot / line
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Trimeter
3 foot / line
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Tetrameter
4 foot / line
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Pentameter
5 foot / line
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Hexameter
6 foot / line
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Heptameter
7 foot / line
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Octameter
8 foot / line
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Enjambment
When a grammatical sentence runs across multiple lines
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Closed Form
Poetry that follows specific structural rules in order to be that kind of poem
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Open/Free Form
Content may be prescribed but the structure isn't
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Blank Verse
unrhymed lines of iambic pentamenter
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a poem with a plot; It tells a story.
Narrative Poetry
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A type of narrative poetry. Really long. Usually about events that are significant to a group of people. Examples: The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aenid
Epic
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A type of narrative poetry. Has a repeated chorus/ refrain Examples: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Hurricane"
Ballad
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subject oriented exploration of something Not plot based Most poetry is this kind of poetry
Lyric Poetry
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A type of Lyric Poetry Brief: 2-4 lines Satiric
Epigram
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A type of Lyric Poetry Poem for the dead Example: "O Captain, My Captain!"
Elegy
69
A type of Lyric Poetry Seems to be about an object, but really has a more significant subject and message
Ode
70
A type of Lyric Poetry post-sex poetry
Aubade
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A type of Lyric Poetry always 14 lines and in iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line)
Sonnet
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Italian style sonnet 2 Quatrains with 2 tercets OR 3 couplets ABBA ABBA with CED CED or CD CD CD
Petrarchan Sonnet
73
English style sonnet 3 Quatrains and one couplet ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Shakespearean Sonnet
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poem with 6 stanzas: 5 tercets and 1 quatrain
Villanelle
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poem that has 6 sestets and 1 tercet
Sestina
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Persona that an author creates within a poem
Voice
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Narrator of a poem
Speaker
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Poet's attitude toward his or her subject
Tone
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Author's word choice
Diction
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The dictionary definition of a word; literal meaning
Denotation
81
the emotional attachment of a word
Connotation
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Contracting of words, usually to help fit a rhyme. Example: Over becomes o'er; Never becomes Ne'er
Elision
83
Effect an image has
Imagery
84
Language that must be interpreted
Figurative Language
85
Overexaggeration
Hyperbole
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Literal part of something stands in for the whole. Example: "All hands on deck" the hands stand in for the whole sailor
Synechdoche
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A symbol stands in for the whole Example: a crown represents a king
Metonymy
88
human qualities given to nonhuman objects or ideas
Personification
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A direct comparison X is Y
Metaphor
90
Comparison using like, as, or than
Simile
91
element that represents something literal in the story but also stands in for something figurative
Symbol
92
Systemic metaphor Example: Animal Farm
Allegory
93
Repeated sounds at the ends of words
Rhyme
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rhyming ends of lines
End Rhyme
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rhyme within a line
Internal Rhyme
96
the rhyming sounds are the same
Exact/ Perfect Rhyme
97
looks like a rhyme but isn't Example: tomb and bomb OR it's not exactly a rhyme Example: orange and door hinge
Imperfect/ Slant Rhyme
98
softer than masculine final syllables of rhyming words don't carry stress Example: Dangerous & mysterious
Feminine
99
stressed syllables at the ends of rhyming words
Masculine
100
repeated beginning sounds in words
Alliteration
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repeated vowel sounds
Assonance
102
patterns of repeated stress
Rhythm
103
A single unit of a rhythm pattern
Foot
104
Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (x /) Example: Prevent
Iamb
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Stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (/ x) Example: Football
Trochee
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2 unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (x x /) Example: Intervene
Anapest
107
Stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed syllables (/ x x) Example: Dangerous
Dactyl
108
Movement from unstressed to stressed
Rising
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Movement from stressed to unstressed
Falling
110
Only stressed (/ /)
Spondee
111
Only unstressed (x x)
Pyrrhic
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how many times the pattern repeats in a line
Meter
113
1 foot / line
Monometer
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2 foot / line
Dimeter
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3 foot / line
Trimeter
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4 foot / line
Tetrameter
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5 foot / line
Pentameter
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6 foot / line
Hexameter
119
7 foot / line
Heptameter
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8 foot / line
Octameter
121
When a grammatical sentence runs across multiple lines
Enjambment
122
Poetry that follows specific structural rules in order to be that kind of poem
Closed Form
123
Content may be prescribed but the structure isn't
Open/Free Form
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unrhymed lines of iambic pentamenter
Blank Verse

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