Poetic Terms Flashcards
1
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Quatrain
A
A four line stanza
2
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Ballad
A
A narrative poem composed
3
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Couplet
A
Two successful lines that rhyme with eachother
4
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Form
A
The way a poem is represented
5
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Slant Rhyme
A
When words don’t rhyme but the form forces the words to rhyme
6
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Understatement
A
Understanting sentence
7
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Stanza
A
Grouping of poetic rhymes
8
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Blank Verse
A
Doesn’t rhyme but has a beat
9
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Free Verse
A
No rhyme or beat
10
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Extended Metaphor
A
Long metaphor, using many lines
11
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Hyperbole
A
Extreme Exaggeration
12
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Onomatoploeia
A
‘boom’ ‘crash’
13
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Assononce
A
Middle vowel sound
14
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Denotation
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The litteral meaning
15
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Connotation
A
The implied meaning
