Engliah Vocab Flashcards
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Idiom
A common saying that is not literal
Allusion
A reference to a person place or event that is well known
Repetition
Repeating a word or phrase
Imagery
The five senses
Couplet
2 lines in a verse that rhyme that are not separated by other lines
Quatrain
Four lines together in a verse that have a rhyming pattern
Rhyme Scheme
The patern of rhyme
Lazy rhymes
A type of rhyme that is formed by similar but not identical sounds
Narrative poetry
A poem that tells a story
Lyric poetry
A song
Form
The shape of structure
Theme
The message
Tanka
A five line poem 5 7 5 7 7
Haiku
A three line poem 5 7 5
Concrete poem
A poem written about the thing its shaped as
Lines
The arrangement of words
Stanza
A group of lines that usually focuses on one idea
Speaker
The voice of whoever is reading the poem(could be the author)
Symbol
Anything that represents something else
Alliteration
A series of words that repeat the same sound at the start of the word
Onomenopea
Words that are spelled how they sound ie moo
Consonance
A series of words that repeat the same constant sound in the word
Assonance
A series of words that repeat the same vowel sound
Perspective
Point of veiw
