English 2 Elements of Effective Poetry Flashcards
1
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beat, sound, pace
A
rhythm
2
Q
stressed and unstressed syllables
A
rhythm
3
Q
line breaks
A
rhythm
4
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repetition
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rhythm
5
Q
spaces for silence
A
rhythm
6
Q
repetition of similar sounds
A
rhyme
7
Q
vivid, sensational and emotional
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imagery
8
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puts image in reader’s head
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imagery
9
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not literal meaning; with flourish
A
figurative language
10
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simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, allusion
A
figurative language
11
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object, character, event, standing in for something else
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symbolism
12
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subject, topic, focus of poem
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theme
13
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something learned from a poem
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lesson
