Poetry Flashcards

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Stanza

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A grouping if lines in a poem

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Meter

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A unit of rhythm in poetry

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Rhyme

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A repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables of two words

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End rhyme

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A rhyme that occurs in the last syllables or words in two lines

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Slant rhyme

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A rhyme with words that have similar but not identical sounds

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Internal rhyme

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A rhyme that occurs in a single line

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Rhyme scheme

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The ordered pattern of rhyme at the ends of lines or the poem

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Haiku

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A type of poem

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Simile

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Comparing something using like or as

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Hyperbole

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A Exaggeration

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Metaphor

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Comparing something without like or as

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Personification

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Giving a non human human.Traits

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Alliteration

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A number of words having the same first consonant

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Anaphora

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Deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence

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Refrain

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A verse that apears at the end of a stanza

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Consonance

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Repetition of constant sounds

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Assonance

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Repetition in vowel sounds

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Denotation

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A literal meaning of a word

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Connotation

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An idea or felling that the word evokes

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Imagery

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To use figurative to represent objects

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Sensory language

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Using language to create mental pictures

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Onomatopoeia

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A word which imitates the natural sound of a thing

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Symbol

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Using an object or action that means something more then it’s meaning

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Mood

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A literary element that evokes certain emotions

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Tone

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An attitude of a writer toward a subject