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Poem Flashcards

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What is a simile?

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A comparison using like or as

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison that implies that

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What is alliteration?

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Letters starting successive words that are all the same

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What is assonance?

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The rhyming of vowel sounds in successive words: Row, row, row your boat

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What is enjambment?

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A phrase that runs over onto the next line to create an effect

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What is an end-stopped line?

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A phrase that stops at the end of a line, signalled by punctuation

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What is caesura?

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A pause in the middle of a line (signalled by punctuation) that implies natural speech or encourages emphasis

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What is a couplet?

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A pair of lines that rhyme

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What is a quatrain?

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A group of 4 lines linked by rhyme scheme, or by subject matter

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What is iambic pentameter?

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10 syllables to a line, every-other syllable stressed. Creates the sound of a heartbeat.

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What is iambic tetrameter?

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8 syllables to a line, every-other syllable stressed. A quick, snappy rhythm

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What is half-rhyme?

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A pair of words that almost rhyme, or look like they should rhyme but don’t when spoken aloud: bodies - ladies

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What is hyperbole?

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A deliberate over-exaggeration for emphasis

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Words used to imitate sounds

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What is blank verse?

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Poetry that doesn’t rhyme. Usually used to show real speech

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What is a refrain?

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A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout the poem

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What is personification?

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Nonhuman things are given human characteristics

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What is stress in poetry?

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Emphasis given to particular syllables or words

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What is a Sonnet?

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A poem that is made up of rhyming couplets and a refrain. Possible themes: unrequited love.

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What is a Dramatic monologue?

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A poem that suggests the character in the poem is talking directly to the reader as if they were part of the story or in conversation.

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What is a Pastoral poem?

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Poems that paint the countryside in a very idealised way.

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What is a Lyric poem?

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A poem that seems to express the poet’s feelings.

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What is a Ghazal?

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A poem about love.

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What is a Ballad?

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A poem that tells a story.

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