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Definitions Of Poetic Terms And Poetic Forms. Flashcards

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Identical are very similar recurring final sounds in words

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Rhyme

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The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more words or stressed syllables

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Alliteration

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Regular patterns that emphasize sound

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Rhythm

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The basic rhythmic structure in verse made up of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Meter

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A rhyme within the same line of verse

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Internal rhyme

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The use of words that sound like what they mean

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Onomatopoeia

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The pattern of rhyming lines

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Rhyme scheme

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The repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds close together

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Consonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds in words close together

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Assonance

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A repeating cadence/meter that enriches or emphasizes words phrases lines and even whole versus of poems

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Repetition

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An Intentionally exaggerated figure of speech for emphasis or effect

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Hyperbole

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A subtle comparison in which the author describes a person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally

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Metaphor

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A metaphor in which the comparison is carried through several lines or even the entire literary work

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Extended metaphors

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A Diamante has seven lines line one is a one-word subject that is opposite of line 7:line 2 is two adjectives which describe the subject in line 1 line 3 is three verbs relating to the subject in line 1 line four is two nouns related to the subject of line 1 followed by two nouns related to the subject in line 7 line 5 is three words related to the subject in line 7; line 6 is two additives which describe the subject in line 7 line 7 is a one-word subject that is opposite of line 1

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Diamante

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Poetry written in that shape or form of an object

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Shape poem

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Poetry that certain letters, usually the first in each line form a word or message when read in a sequence

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Acrostic poem

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Written to praise or to reflect on the life of a deceased person

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Epitaph

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A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of 5 7 and 5 syllables

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Haiku

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A short series of consisting of five lines

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Limerick

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A long narrative poem usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques

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Epic poetry

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A lyric poem that consist of 14 lines which usually have one or more conventional rhyme schemes

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Sonnet

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The intentional end of a line

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Line break

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Group of words repeated at key intervals in poetry

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Refrain

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Division of poem of 2 or more lines

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Stanza

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A short poem of personal feelings

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Lyrical poetry

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Poetry that tells a story

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