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Poetry Vocab Flashcards

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What is rhyme scheme?

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The pattern of end rhyme in a poem

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What is stanza?

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A group of lines that are linked together

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What is rhythm?

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A sound element of poetry

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What is a meter?

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A repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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What is couplet?

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A pair of rhyming lines in a poem

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What is quatrain?

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A four-line opera or stanza, usually united by meter and rhyme

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What is figurative language?

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The deliberate use and arrangement of words to create a special effect.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison of two things that have a quality in common

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison of two things

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What is a Extended metaphor?

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A metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing or over the course of the entire poem

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What is a symbolism?

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The use for a person place or object to stand for something other than itself.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the constant sound at the beginning of a word

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What is consonance?

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The repetition of a constant sound in several words or stanza

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What is assonance?

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The repetition of a vowel sound in several words of a line or stanza

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What is limerick?

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A fly-line poem that is often humorous. It has a regular meter and a aabba rhyme scheme

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What is a Sonnet?

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A 14-line rhyming poem written in iambic pentameter

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What is a lambic pentameter?

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A meter in which each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable

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What is a blank verse?

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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What is a free verse?

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Poetry that does not follow a regular pattern or rhythm or rhyme

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What is a narrative poem?

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Poetry that tells stories

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What is a epic?

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A long narrative poem that tells of the adventure of a hero of historic or legendary importance

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What is a ballad?

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A narrative poem that usually tells a story with tragic overtones and a dramatic conclusion

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What is a lyric poetry?

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Poetry that focuses on the emotions or thoughts of a single speaker

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What is a rhyme?

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The repetition of similar sounds at the end of a word

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What is hyperbole?

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Extreme exaggeration

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What is personification?

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To give something human qualities

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