English - 1106 Flashcards
The three purposes of poetry
To paint a mental picture
To stir the emotions
To convey a message
The three characteristics of poetry
Has rhythm (meter)
Has melody
Has form
Two kinds of poetry
Narrative poetry
Lyric poetry
a group of lines of poetry
stanza
a word or line that is repeated
repetition
a vowel sound that is repeated
assonance
three lines of poetry written together
tercet
two rhymed lines of poetry
couplet
a beginning consonant sound that is repeated
alliteration
fourteen lines of poetry with a specific meter and rhyme
sonnet
four lines of poetry written together
quatrain
poetic rhythm
meter
a word that sounds like its meaning
onomatopoeia
a line of poetry
verse
rhyme pattern
rhyme scheme
The seven basic sentence patterns
N-AV N-AV-N N-LV-N N-LV-A N-AV-n-N N-AV-N-N N-AV-N-A