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1
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what is poetry form?

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the physical structure of the poem

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2
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what is the stanza structure?

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the arrangement of lines into groups

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3
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what is the meter?

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the rhythm and sound pattern

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4
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what is the rhythm?

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what gives the poem its sound.

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5
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what is line structure?

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when a line of poetry stops, and a new line begins.

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6
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what are sound effects?

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the way the words and lines sound

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7
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list three examples of figurative language:

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metaphors, similes, hyperbole, oxymorons, personification, onomatopoeia, etc.

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8
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list the types of stanzas (i.e., couplet, tercet, etc.)

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couplet, tercet, quatrain, cinquain, sestet, septet, octave

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9
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what does end-stopped mean?

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when a line of poetry ends with punctuation

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what is enjambment?

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enjambment is the continuation of a sentence or clause over a line-break; the thought runs on from one line to the next.

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11
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what is caesura?

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a strong pause or stop within a line

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12
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what is a syllable?

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a single unit of sound in a word

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13
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what is the foot?

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a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables

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14
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list the types of feet: (i.e., iambic)

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Iambic, trochaic, spondaic, amphibrach, dactylic, anapestic, cretic

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15
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what is the meter?

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the number of feet in a line

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list examples of meter: (i.e., dimeter)

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monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter

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17
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what is alliteration?

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the repetition of consonant sounds in adjacent or nearby words

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18
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what is consonance?

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the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within the words

19
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what is assonance?

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the repetition of vowel sounds

20
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what is an onomatopoeia?

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the use of words that create the sound they describe

21
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what is repetition?

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recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or line

22
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what is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two things

23
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what is a simile?

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A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

24
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what is personification?

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The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.

25
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what is a hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point.

26
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what is euphemism?

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A ‘softer’, more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

27
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what is synecdoche?

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A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part.

28
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what is a pun?

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A play on words

29
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what is an oxymoron?

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When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.

30
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what is anaphora?

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

31
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what is allusion?

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A reference to a well-known person, story or idea (often a biblical or mythological reference); it is left to the reader to make the connection.

32
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what is an acrostic poem?

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a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or a message

33
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what is a concrete poem?

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a poem arranged on the page to form a shape that relates to their subject

34
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what is a ballad?

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a narrative poem which tells a story

35
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what is free verse?

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a poem that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm

36
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what is blank verse?

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poetry which does not contain rhymes, but in which all lines are typically written in iambic pentameter

37
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what is a sonnet?

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a famous poetic form, which follows a rigid structure of 14 lines with a strict rhyming pattern

38
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what is a villanelle?

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lyrical poem of 19 lines (5 tercets and a final quatrain) with only two rhymes repeated throughout

39
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what is a haiku?

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a 3 line poem with a strict syllable count of 5, 7, 5

40
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what is a terza rima?

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a 3 line poem with a strict rhyming scheme of ABA, BCB, CDC, DED, etc.

41
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what is an ode?

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a formal, often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses (and often celebrates) a person, place, thing, or idea

42
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what is an epic poem?

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a long, grand narrative poem, which tells the heroic journey of a single person or group of people

43
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what is a limerick?

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a poem that is often silly or whimsical, written in 5 lines

44
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what is an elegy?

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a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

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