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Poetry test Flashcards

1
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poem that tells story elements in plot included

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narrative

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2
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really long narrative poem

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epic

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3
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type of narrative poem that uses imagery to tell story

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ballad

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4
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14 line poem w/ 10 syllables per line

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sonnet

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5
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poem with a song like feel that can express feelings or emotion

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lyric

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6
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poem with no rhyme scheme or set pattern

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free verse

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7
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a poem written for someone in celebration

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ode

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8
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poem written for someone who died

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elegy

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9
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3 line japanese poem syllables following a 5-7-5 pattern

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haiku

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10
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two lines that rhyme

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couplet

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11
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phrase not meant to be taken literally

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idiom

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12
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compares using like or as

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simile

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13
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compares w/o using like or as

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metaphor

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14
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an over exaggeration

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hyperbole

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15
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giving human qualities to object

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personification

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16
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repetition of vowel sounds

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assonance

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17
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a word/phrase used to make uncomfortable situation seem less harsh

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euphemism

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18
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a word used to mimic a sound

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onomatopoeia

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19
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when one says something but means the opposite

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verbal irony

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20
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repetition of beginning consonant sounds

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alliteration

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21
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downplaying a situation

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understatement

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22
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the use of vivid language to appeal to senses

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imagery

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23
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a group of lines in poem

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stanza

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24
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2 words with same ending sounds

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rhyme

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25
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a single row of words in poem

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line

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26
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a frightened child

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the city is so big

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27
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older black woman reminiscing on her childhood

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A poem for my librarian mrs long

28
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a sailor who lost their leader

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o captain my captain

29
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man reflecting on decision he made in his youth

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the road not taken

30
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young man who has recently lost his love

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the raven

31
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a poem for my librarian mrs long

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nikki giovanni

32
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o captain my captain

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walt whitman

33
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the road not taken

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robert frost

34
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the raven

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edgar allen poe

35
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as i wandered lonely as a cloud

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william wordsworth

36
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the sky is low the clouds are mean

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emily dickinson

37
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concrete mixers

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patricia hubbell

38
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harlem night song

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langston hughes

39
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the city is so big

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richard garcia

40
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love makes on happy

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harlem night song

41
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cities can appear frightening at night to kids

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the city is so ig

42
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one must live 2ith the decisions they mak in life

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the road not taken

43
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nature can have bad days

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the sky is low the clouds are mean

44
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grief can cause intense mental anguish

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the raven

45
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it can be hard to celebrate when losing a lost one

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oh captain my captain

46
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what fig language in sky is low

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personification

47
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what fig lang the city is so big

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metaphor

48
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what type of fig lang concrete mixers

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similies and metaphor

49
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fig lang for “weak and weary”

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alliteration

50
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what type poem the raven

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narrative

51
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why poe have raven perch upon bust of greek godess pallas

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association suggests raven is wise

52
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who o captain my captain written about

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lincoln

53
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repetition of “fallen cold and dead” emphasizes

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importance of death to speaker

54
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what fig lang in o captain

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extended metaphor, elegy, in civil war

55
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setting of road not taken

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autumn/fall

56
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two roads represent

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important decisions in our life

57
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difference b/w two roads

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one is less traveled by

58
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what “ sorry i could not travel both and be one traveler

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he only one person and cant go down one at same time

59
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tone/feeling I wandered as lonely as a cloud

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lonely

60
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what fig lang ten thousand saw i at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance

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personification, hyperbole

61
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fig lang poem for librarian “opened the wardrobe but no lions came out”

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allusion

62
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What word best describes the speakers feelings about her childhood in a poem from my library and Mrs. Long

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Nostalgic

63
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How does the narrator write this poem, a poem from my library and Mrs. Long

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She admires librarian for bravely checking out books for her

64
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What type of poem is a poem from my librarian

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ode

65
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EXAM 2 2024 (4 decks)

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