List 3 Flashcards

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A poem with the shape that suggests the subject

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Concrete

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2
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Song like poems that tell a story often deal with adventure or romance

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Ballad

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3
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Poetry not written in a regular rhythmic pattern or meter

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Free verse

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4
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A 3 line Japanese verse poem (5 7 5 syllables)

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Haiku

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5
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A humorous rhyming 5 line poem with a specific meter or rhyme scheme

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Limerick

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6
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A highly musical verse that expresses the observations or feelings of the speaker

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Lyric poem

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7
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A pair of rhyming lines that usually have the same
Meter and length

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Rhyming couplet

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8
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The repetition of sounds at the ends of words

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Rhyme

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9
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A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem or song

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Rhyme scheme

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10
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The rhythmical pattern of rhyming words in a poem or song

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Meter

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11
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A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song

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Refrain

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12
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Used to help enhance a poems mood and meaning

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Sound devices

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13
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A group of lines in poetry in poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces

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Stanza

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14
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A story written to be performed by actors

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Drama

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15
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A literary work especially a play which is light and humorous with a happy ending

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Comedy

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16
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A feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work

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Suspense

17
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A story that is either fiction or nonfiction example novels biographies etc.

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Narrative

18
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The introduction to a story that introduces the characters and setting

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exposition

19
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A central message concern or purpose in a literary work

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Theme

20
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The writers attitude formal or informal towards his or her audience and subject

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Tone

21
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Words or phrases that appeal to the five senses

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Imagery/images

22
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The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words example peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

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alliteration

23
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The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different continents in stressed syllables example blade and maze

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assonance

24
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The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accentuated syllables example wind and sand

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Consonance

25
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The use of any element of language a sound word phrase clause or sentence more than once

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Repetition

26
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The type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics

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Personification

27
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A contradiction between what happens and what is expected

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Irony

28
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A reason that explains or partially explains a characters thoughts feelings actions and speech

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Motive