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What are the characteristics of poetry?

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  • break at the end of each line
  • rhyme scheme
  • a regular stanza pattern
  • capital letters at the beginning of many lines
  • rhythm
  • imagery
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def. a group of lines with their rhymes and rhythms arranged in a fixed pattern that is repeated throughout the poem

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stanza

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when we use language only in a straightforward manner to say exactly what we mean

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literal language/ speaking litterally

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whenever a writer or a speaker uses picture-making language to give information that could be given literally

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speaking figuratively

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ex. -it is raining
- I walked very far
- my feet are sore

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examples of literal language

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ex. -The rain is pouring down in buckets
- I walked a million miles today
- My feet are killing me

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examples of figurative language

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def. the thing or situation to which a word refers, separate from attitudes or feelings which the writer or speaker may have

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denotation

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def. the implications or suggestions that are evoked by a word

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connotation

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def. in literature tells us how the author feels about his or her subject. author’s attitude towards story and readers

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tone

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def. the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

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syntax

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def. the atmosphere or state of mind in the story

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mood/ atmosphere

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what are the 5 types of poetry ?

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  1. Lyric Poetry
  2. Narrative Poetry
  3. Dramatic Poetry
  4. Social Community
  5. Light Verse
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def. poetry that deals with the basic human needs, thoughts, feelings, common human experiences and well-known things, and helps us to view these in a new way

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lyric poetry

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ex. haikus, sonnets, odes, hymns, songs

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examples or lyric poetry

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… is a form of lyric poem containing 14 lines

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sonnet

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Shakespeare perfected …

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English Sonnet

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def. final two lines

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couplet

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def. an unrhymed Japanese poem that arouses a distinct emotion by giving a brief, vivid picture of something in nature with three lines and 17 syllables

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haiku

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What is the rhyme scheme of a haiku?

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Line 1 = 5 syllables
Line 2 = 7 syllables
Line 3 = 5 syllables

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def. a five line haiku with 31 syllables

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tanka

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What is the rhyme scheme of a tanka?

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Line 1 = 5 syllables 
Line 2 = 7 syllables 
Line 3 = 5 syllables 
Line 4 = 7 syllables 
Line 5 = 7 syllables
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def. poetry that tells a story in simple, direct, rhythmical language with a strong emphasis on plot or physical action

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Narrative poetry

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What are the two most common narrative poems?

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epics and ballads

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def. a story told in a song. generally exhibits in varying degrees a four-line alternately rhymed stanza form; a strongly-pronounced rhythm

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ballad

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def. poetry that is intended to be read aloud or performed in front of an audience

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dramatic poetry

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def. poetry comments on our society. criticize social habits, customs, attitudes, etc.

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social commentary

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def. poetry that is used to entertain, amuse, or intrigue, although it sometimes has a serious purpose behind its humour

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Light Verse

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ex. concrete poems, limericks

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examples of light verse

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def. a five line poem arranged by either words or syllables

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cinquain

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What is the rhyme scheme of a syllable cinquain?

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Line 1 = 2 syllables 
Line 2 = 4 syllables 
Line 3 = 6 syllables 
Line 4 = 8 syllables 
Line 5 = 2 syllables
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What is the rhyme scheme of a word cinquain?

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Line 1 = 1 word 
Line 2 = 2 words 
Line 3 = 3 words 
Line 4 = 4 words 
Line 5 = 1 word
32
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def. a short, funny poem that usually uses the name of a place or person at the end of the first line.

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limericks

33
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What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick?

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a,a,b,b,a
Lines 1,2,5 = 8-10 syllables
Lines 3,4 = 5 syllables

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def. poems that are usually free verse in which the visual imagery is enhanced for the reader by the way the print is placed on the page

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concrete poetry

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def. a 7 line poem that has lines arranged by words in a diamond form. about opposites and contrasts

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diamante box

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What is the rhyme of a diamante box?

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Line 1 = 1 word 
Line 2 = 2 words 
Line 3 = 3 words 
Line 4 = 4 words 
Line 5 = 3 words 
Line 6 = 2 words 
Line 7 = 1 word
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def. the creating of vivid mental pictures through using words that appeal to the senses and the emotions

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imagery

38
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def. a figure of speech when you compare two very different things, linking them with the word “like” or “as”

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simile

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def. a figure of speech that is a comparison between two unlike things which have one likeness in common. it is suggested that one is another thing. usually IS is used

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metaphor

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def. figures of speech used to compare something that does not have life to something that does. used to treat some inanimate object or abstract idea as if it were endowed with life, or human parts or qualities.

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personification

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def. sound effect of figure of speech which is the close repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words.

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alliteration

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def. sound effect of figure of speech which is the close repetition of similar vowel sounds

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assonance

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def. sound effect of figure of speech which is the repetition of the final consonant sound without the repetition of the vowel sound preceding it

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consonance

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def. sound effect of figure of speech which is the use of words whose sounds seem to express or reinforce their meanings

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onomatopoeia

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def. sound effect of figure of speech which is discordant or harsh sounds which are frequently introduced for poetic effect

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dissonance

46
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def. sound effect of figure of speech which is an interchange of sounds (usually the sounds the beginning of words), which creates a humorous effect. it may be deliberate or it may be accidental

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spoonerisms

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def. sound effect of figure of speech which is the substitution of an inappropriate word that sounds similar to the proper word. misused words.

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malapropism

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def. a figure of speech addressing someone absent or dead or something inhuman as if it were capable of replying

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apostrophe

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def. a figure of speech that emphasizes imagery through the deliberate use of exaggeration

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hyperbole

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def. figure of speech in which the name of some object or idea is substituted for another to which it has some relationship

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metonomy

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def. figure of speech that makes reference to ONE part of a person that is used to represent the whole person

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synecdoche

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def. figure of speech that consists generally of two contradictory terms which express a startling paradox

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oxymoron

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def. refers to a poet’s using of persons or things from the Bible, mythology, history, or literature

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allusion

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… (saying less than one means) depends not only on what is said but also on how it is said, creating humorous and satirical effects.

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understatement

55
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def. specialized language associated with particular trade or profession

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jargon

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def. a statement which, though it appears self-contradictory, contains a basis of truth that reconciles the seeming opposites

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paradox

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def. a figure of speech in which a series of thoughts are arranged in the order of climatic importance

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climax

58
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…occurs the climatic order is reversed

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anti-climax

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def. something which means more than what it is.

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symbol

60
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ex. objects, situation, person, action

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examples of symbolism

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def. a time-worn expression which has lost its vitality and to some extent its original meaning

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cliche

62
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def. a way of speaking in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

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sarcasm

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def. a repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song

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refrain

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def. repetition of similar or duplicate sounds at regular intervals, usually the repetition of the terminal sounds of words at the ends of lines of verse

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rhyme

65
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def. four line stanza that has different rhyme schemes

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quatrain

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In true rhyme, the … in the accented syllable and all syllables following it must.., but the initial sound must be …

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vowel sound, correspond, different

67
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True or False? If the spelling or sound is different, then the rhyme is imperfect.

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true

68
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True or False? A word repeated is not a rhyme

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true

69
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True or False? Homonyms are true rhymes

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false. ARE NOT

70
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def. rhyme that occurs when the rhyming words appear within lines as well as at the ends of lines

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internal rhyme/leonine rhyme

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True or False? In free verse, there is neither regular rhyme pattern nor rhythm.

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True

72
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True or False? There is consistency in line length and stanza form, and the can be capitalized or punctuated in any way - or not at all.

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false NO CONSISTENCY

73
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True or False? There is no evident, and the lines use iambic pentameter meter which is the most common metrical pattern in English because it resembles of ordinary English speech.

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true

74
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True or False? the sense of movement attributable to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

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true

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