Poetry Flashcards

1
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what is a poem that is told in verse.

A

Narritive poem

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2
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what is a highly musical verse that expresses the observations of a single speaker

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Lyric poem

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3
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a poem shaped to look like its subject

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concrete poem

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4
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poetry without structure or patterns

A

free verse

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5
Q

a three lined Japanese verse form

A

Haiku

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6
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using like or as to compare two unlike things and show similarites between the two

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Simile

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7
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WRITING OR SPEECH THA APPEALS TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE SENSES

A

Sensory Language

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8
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language that uss images to creat word pictures

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imagery

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9
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describing one thing as if it were something else. they often point out a similarity between 2 unlike things

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metaphor

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10
Q

a non human subject is given human caracteristics

A

personifacation

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11
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the repetition of sounds at the end of words

A

rhyme

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12
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds

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alliteration

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13
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the use of any element of language more than once

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repetition

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14
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the use of words to imitate sounds

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onomatopoeia

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15
Q

what was gary soto know as

A

the pickle factory guy

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16
Q

when was gary soto born

A

1952

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17
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Where did he grow up

A

Fresno CA

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18
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what was his neighbporhood called

A

Bario

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19
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what themes were his peoms

A

poor oppressed and neglected

20
Q

what was bario

A

a poor mexican american neighboorhood

21
Q

When was emily dickenson born

22
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when did emily dickenson die

23
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WHERE DID emily dickenson live

A

amherst MA

24
Q

what is a recluse

A

someone who hides away from the public

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what color did emily dickenson almost always wear
white
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what were the themes in emily dickensons poetry
nature religion and death
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when was langston hughes born
1902
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when did langston hughes die
1967
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where was langdton hughes born
harlem ny
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WHAT WERE LANGSTON HUGHES THEMES
potitics, civil rights, jazz
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when was maya angelou born
1928
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where did maya angelou griow up
STAMPS Ak
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what were maya angelous themes
praising african american life, the strength of woman, celebrating the human spirit
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when was ee ummkings born
1894
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when did ee cummings die
1962
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where was ee cummings from
Cambridge MA
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when was william carlos williams born
1883
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when did william carlos williams die
1963
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where was william carlos williams born
Rutherford NJ
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what was william carlos williams profession before he became a poet
a pediatrition
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what is a mundane
lacking intrest or excitment; dull
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what was william carlos williams peotry
snapshot
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who uses simple but precise language
william carlos williams
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what was william carlos willaims more concerend about
mpore the image than the story
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what does posthumously
after death