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Poetry Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 types of writing?

A

Poetry and Prose

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2
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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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3
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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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5
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What does the E stand for?

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Engagement

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6
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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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7
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What does the C stand for?

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Content

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8
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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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9
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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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10
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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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12
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What does “paraphrase” mean for C?

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Put it in your own words

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13
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What does the F stand for?

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Form

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14
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What are Stanzas for F?

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A paragraph in a poem

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15
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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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16
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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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17
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What is a rhyme Scheme? F

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The ordered pattern of rhymes

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18
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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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22
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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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24
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What is something that all poems have?

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Rhythm but not pattern

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25
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What is a free verse?

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A poem that has rhythm but no pattern

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26
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What is rhythm?

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Number of beats per a line

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27
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What is an indicator that a poem is negative?

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It has rhyme or rhythm

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28
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What are the 5 types of poems?

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  • Narrative
  • Lyric
  • Dramatic
  • Social Commentary
  • Light verse
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29
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What is the purpose of a narrative poem?

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To tell a story

30
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What is the purpose of a Lyric?

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A type of poem that expresses feelings

31
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What is the purpose of a dramatic poem?

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Meant to be said out loud

32
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What is the purpose of social commentary poem?

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Express a social issue in society

33
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What is the purpose of a light verse?

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To entertain

34
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What are the types of narratives?

35
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What are the types of lyrics?

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  • Ode

- Elegy

36
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What is an ode?

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A lyric in praise of someone

37
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What is an elegy?

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A poem in memory of someone

38
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What does the S stand for in E.C.F.S.P?

39
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What does diction mean?

40
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What are the types of diction?

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  • Monosyllabic
  • Polysyllabic
  • Informal
  • Formal
  • Colloquial
  • Jargon
  • Archaic
  • Denotative
  • Connotative
41
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What does monosyllabic mean?

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Small words

42
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What does polysyllabic mean?

43
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What does informal mean?

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Relaxed, friendly, unofficial

44
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What does formal mean?

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Official, authoritative

45
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What does colloquial mean?

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Really simple, conversational chatty

46
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What does jargon mean?

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Subject-specific words

47
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What does archaic mean?

48
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What does denotative mean?

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A basic word

49
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What does connotative?

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A word with additional mean

50
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What is a simile?

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A comparison using like or as

51
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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison not using like or as

52
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What is personification?

A

Giving human traits to inanimate objects

53
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What is an onomatopoeia?

A

Words that sound like sounds

54
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What is a hyperbole?

A

An exaggeration?

55
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What is an alliteration?

A

Words with similar beginning sounds

56
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What is an oxymoron?

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2 words that appear to contrast but actually make sense eg. jumbo shrimp

57
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What is a paradox?

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A group of words that appear to contrast but actually makes sense

58
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What is an apostrophe?

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Addressing an inanimate object

59
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What is litotes?

A

An understatement

60
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What is a synecdoche?

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A part to represent a whole eg. Edmonton (oiler) is winning

61
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What is metonymy?

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A substitute closely related to a word. eg the pots boiling

62
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What is an anthesis?

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2 words that contrast eg.black or white

63
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What is a juxtaposition?

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A group of words that contrast

64
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What is sensory?

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Appeal to the senses

65
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What does the P stand for?

66
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What are the 4 points of purpose?

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  • Context
  • Mood
  • Tone
  • Theme
67
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What is context?

A

The surrounding information

68
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What is the mood?

A

The feeling

69
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What is the tone?

A

The author’s attitude

70
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What creates the mood?

71
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What is the theme?

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What the poem is saying about life

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