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What is a narrative?

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Tells a story-emphasis a plot

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What is an elegy?

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A dignified, formal poem remembering a person who has died.

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What is a sonnet?

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A 14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.

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What are the two types of sonnets?

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1 Shakespearian- abab, cdcd, efef

2 Italian- the last two lines do not rhyme

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What is a lyric?

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A deeply personal poem about feelings (not sung)

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What is a ballad?

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A poem that is meant to be sung.

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What is a Free verse?

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A poem that has no rhyme, rhythm, or pattern. There is however a central focus to the poem.

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What is a blank verse?

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There is no rhyme, but there is a rhythm. This is always has the same number of beats per line.

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What is an epic poem?

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An extremely long poem about heroic adventure. It is written in rhyming couplets

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What is an ode?

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A formal poem written on praise of an object.

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What is a metaphor?

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A direct comparison of two unlike objects.

Ex) life is a highway

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What is a simile?

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An indirect comparison of two objects

Ex) my love is like a red, red rose

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What is a hyperbole?

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A deliberate exaggeration

Ex) she out ran the bullet

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What is personification?

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Giving inamorata objects human characteristics

Ex) my pen died

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What is apostrophe?

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An object or person who is not present is addressed as if it/he/she is present
Ex) oh shakespeare, lend me your wisdom now.

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What is imagery?

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The use of language to represent things, actions, or abstract ideas. This can be usual or auditory.
Ex) thy flowing hair softly lifted by the wind

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What is irony?

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The poet intends a meaning contradictory to the words
Ex) oh heavens , die two months ago and not forgotten yet? Then there is hope a great mans memory may covet his life a half year.

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What is metonymy?

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A name or idea is substituted for another effect
Ex) when I consider how my light is spent
Light is replacing life
The White House generally means USA

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What is an synecdoche?

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A part represents the whole idea or object.

Ex) he fell in love the moment her wrist strolled by

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What is an alliteration?

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The close repetition of consonant sounds at the start of the word
Ex) to sit in solemn silence

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What is assonance?

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The close repetition of vowel sounds. They do not have to e at the begging if the word.
Ex) I love my dove

22
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What is an allusion?

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A brief reference of well known people or objects

Ex) I feared to approach my Juliet

23
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What is onomatopoeia?

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Certain words imitate what they represent

Ex) bang! Thud.

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What is a Paradox?

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A statement which appear self-contradictory although it does contain a basis of truth
Ex) I fell in love and I have never felt more trapped

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What is a oxymoron?

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A two or three word paradox.

Ex) brawling love, pretty ugly, jumbo shrimp.

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What is a pun?

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A play on words with different meanings.

Ex) he was the equivalent of a himbo

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What does steep mean?

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To soak in a liquid

28
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What does wail mean?

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To express sorrow with a prolonged cry.

29
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What does fetid mean?

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Having an offensive oder

30
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Was does facet to mean?

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One of the small smooth surfaces of a gem.

31
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What does festoon mean?

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A string or chain

32
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What does gentian mean?

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Any of numerous usually blue but sometimes yellow red or white flowers

33
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What is a strata?

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A layer of material often formed one apron another

34
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What is a talon?

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A claw of a bird

35
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What is a scroll?

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A roll of parchment papers especially one with writing

36
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What is Cambrian?

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Noting or pertaining to the earliest period in the Paleozoic era.

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What is gyrate?

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To move in a circle or spiral

38
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What is rampart?

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A mound as of earth raised as a formation

39
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What is Moraine?

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A deposit of material

40
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What is a Cairn?

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A hep of stone set up as a landmark

41
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Wat is lichen ?

A

Type of mold

42
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What is mew

A

The mouth, throat or stomach of a carnivore

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