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What are the 2 types of writing?

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Poetry and Prose

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What is poetry?

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Words that express feelings and have a rythm or beat

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What is Prose?

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All writing that is not poetry

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What is the acronym to analyze poetry?

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E.C.F.S.P.

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What does the E stand for?

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Engagement

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What is the first thing that you do in engagement?

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  • Read the poem
  • Find out if it is positive or negative
  • Find out what the subject is
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What does the C stand for?

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Content

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What are the 4 things to look at in a poem for C?

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  • The title
  • Definitions
  • Allusions
  • Paraphrase
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What does it mean by “The title” for C?

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Make predictions about the poem by reading the title

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What is meant by “definitions” for C?

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Look up words that you don’t understand

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What are “Allusions” for C?

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Reference to a person place or event

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What does “paraphrase” mean for C?

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Put it in your own words

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What does the F stand for?

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Form

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What are Stanzas for F?

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A paragraph in a poem

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What are the names for the amount of lines in a stanza?

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2- Couplet
3- Tercet
4- Quatrain
5- Cinquain
6- Sestet
7- Septet
8- Octave
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What are the 3 things to look for in Form?

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Stanzas
Sentences
Spacing
Rhyme 
Rhythm
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What is a rhyme Scheme? F

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The ordered pattern of rhymes

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What are the 5 types of rhymes? F

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  • End rhyme
  • Internal Rhyme
  • Imperfect Rhyme
  • Assonance
  • Consonance
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What is an End Rhyme? F

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A rhyme at the end of a line

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What is an Internal Rhyme? F

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A rhyme within a line

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What is an Imperfect Rhyme? F

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Words that look like they should rhyme but don’t rhyme

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What is assonance? F

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Similar vowel sounding words

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What is consonance? F

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Similar consonant sounds

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What is something that all poems have?

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Rhythm but not pattern

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What is a free verse?
A poem that has rhythm but no pattern
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What is rhythm?
Number of beats per a line
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What is an indicator that a poem is negative?
It has rhyme or rhythm
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What are the 5 types of poems?
- Narrative - Lyric - Dramatic - Social Commentary - Light verse
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What is the purpose of a narrative poem?
To tell a story
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What is the purpose of a Lyric?
A type of poem that expresses feelings
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What is the purpose of a dramatic poem?
Meant to be said out loud
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What is the purpose of social commentary poem?
Express a social issue in society
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What is the purpose of a light verse?
To entertain
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What are the types of narratives?
Ballad
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What are the types of lyrics?
- Ode | - Elegy
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What is an ode?
A lyric in praise of someone
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What is an elegy?
A poem in memory of someone
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What does the S stand for in E.C.F.S.P?
Style
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What does diction mean?
Words
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What are the types of diction?
- Monosyllabic - Polysyllabic - Informal - Formal - Colloquial - Jargon - Archaic - Denotative - Connotative
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What does monosyllabic mean?
Small words
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What does polysyllabic mean?
Big words
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What does informal mean?
Relaxed, friendly, unofficial
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What does formal mean?
Official, authoritative
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What does colloquial mean?
Really simple, conversational chatty
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What does jargon mean?
Subject-specific words
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What does archaic mean?
Old words
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What does denotative mean?
A basic word
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What does connotative?
A word with additional mean
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What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
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What is a metaphor?
A comparison not using like or as
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What is personification?
Giving human traits to inanimate objects
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What is an onomatopoeia?
Words that sound like sounds
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What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration?
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What is an alliteration?
Words with similar beginning sounds
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What is an oxymoron?
2 words that appear to contrast but actually make sense eg. jumbo shrimp
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What is a paradox?
A group of words that appear to contrast but actually makes sense
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What is an apostrophe?
Addressing an inanimate object
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What is litotes?
An understatement
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What is a synecdoche?
A part to represent a whole eg. Edmonton (oiler) is winning
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What is metonymy?
A substitute closely related to a word. eg the pots boiling
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What is an anthesis?
2 words that contrast eg.black or white
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What is a juxtaposition?
A group of words that contrast
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What is sensory?
Appeal to the senses
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What does the P stand for?
Purpose
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What are the 4 points of purpose?
- Context - Mood - Tone - Theme
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What is context?
The surrounding information
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What is the mood?
The feeling
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What is the tone?
The author's attitude
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What creates the mood?
The tone
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What is the theme?
What the poem is saying about life

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