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Couplet

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A pair of rhyming lines

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Lyric poetry

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Poems in which the speaker expresses thoughts and feelings.

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Elegy

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A specific type of lyric poem in which the speaker meditates about death. The tone is serious and the diction is formal.

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Paraphrase

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Rephrasing with your own words.

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Concrete Poetry

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A poem in which the poet uses a visible shape to create a picture related to the subject of the poem.

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Ode

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A poem that highly praises something - usually a person, an event, or an idea.

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Ballad

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A narrative poem that is meant to be sung or recited.

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Dramatic Monologue

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A poem in which the speaker addresses a silent or absent listener, as if engaged in a private conversation.

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Form

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A poem’s structure; the way the words are formed on a page.

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Stanzas

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A group of lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph

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Traditional

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Follows fixed rules
Has regular rhythm and/or rhyme
Examples: epic, ode, ballad, sonnet, haiku

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Organic

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Does not follow rules for form
Does not have regular pattern of rhythm
May not rhyme
May use unconventional spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Examples: free verse, concrete poetry
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Free Verse

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Do not adhere to regular rhythm or rhyme

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Poetry Slam

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Competitive performance of poetry

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Connotation

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An attitude or feeling associated with a word

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Denotation

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The literal or dictionary meaning of a word

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Hyperbole

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An overstatement or exaggeration

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Simile

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A comparison that uses the words “like” or “as”

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Metaphor

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A comparison between two unlike objects

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Personification

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Human qualities given to non-human things

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Figurative Language

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Descriptive comparisons

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Rhyme

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A pattern of repeated end sounds on words

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Rhythm

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Pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the beginning letter of a word