Poetry test Flashcards

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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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a single row of words in poem
line
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a frightened child
the city is so big
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older black woman reminiscing on her childhood
A poem for my librarian mrs long
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a sailor who lost their leader
o captain my captain
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man reflecting on decision he made in his youth
the road not taken
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young man who has recently lost his love
the raven
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a poem for my librarian mrs long
nikki giovanni
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o captain my captain
walt whitman
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the road not taken
robert frost
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the raven
edgar allen poe
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as i wandered lonely as a cloud
william wordsworth
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the sky is low the clouds are mean
emily dickinson
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concrete mixers
patricia hubbell
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harlem night song
langston hughes
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the city is so big
richard garcia
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love makes on happy
harlem night song
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cities can appear frightening at night to kids
the city is so ig
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one must live 2ith the decisions they mak in life
the road not taken
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nature can have bad days
the sky is low the clouds are mean
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grief can cause intense mental anguish
the raven
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it can be hard to celebrate when losing a lost one
oh captain my captain
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what fig language in sky is low
personification
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what fig lang the city is so big
metaphor
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what type of fig lang concrete mixers
similies and metaphor
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fig lang for "weak and weary"
alliteration
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what type poem the raven
narrative
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why poe have raven perch upon bust of greek godess pallas
association suggests raven is wise
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who o captain my captain written about
lincoln
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repetition of "fallen cold and dead" emphasizes
importance of death to speaker
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what fig lang in o captain
extended metaphor, elegy, in civil war
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setting of road not taken
autumn/fall
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two roads represent
important decisions in our life
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difference b/w two roads
one is less traveled by
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what " sorry i could not travel both and be one traveler
he only one person and cant go down one at same time
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tone/feeling I wandered as lonely as a cloud
lonely
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what fig lang ten thousand saw i at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance
personification, hyperbole
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fig lang poem for librarian "opened the wardrobe but no lions came out"
allusion
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What word best describes the speakers feelings about her childhood in a poem from my library and Mrs. Long
Nostalgic
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How does the narrator write this poem, a poem from my library and Mrs. Long
She admires librarian for bravely checking out books for her
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What type of poem is a poem from my librarian
ode
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