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Poetry vocabulary Flashcards

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What is a group of lines that are linked together, often by a thought?

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Stanza

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What is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of a word?

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Rhyme

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What means the pattern of the end rhyme in the poem?

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Rhyme scheme

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What is a sound element of poetry it is pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?

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Rhythm

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What is a repeated pattern of stress and unstressed syllables?

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Meter

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What is a pair of rhythm lines in a poem?

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Couplet

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What is a four line poem or stanza, usually united by meter and rhyme?

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Quatrain

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What means the deliberate use and arrangement of words to create a special effect?

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Figurative language

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What is a comparison of two things that have a quality in common?

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Simile

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What is comparison of two things that have a quality in common?

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Metaphor

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What is a metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing or over the course of an entire poem?

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Extended metaphor

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What means the use of a person, place, or object to stand for something other than itself?

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Symbolism

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What means the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

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Alliteration

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What means the repetition of a consonant sound in several words of a line or stanza?

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Consonance

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What means the repetition of a vowel sound in several words of a line or stanza?

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Assonance

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15
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A five-line poem that is often humorous?

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Limerick

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What is a 14-line rhyme inch poem written in iambic pentameter?

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Sonnet

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What is a meter in which each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable?

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Iambic pentameter

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What is an unrhymed iambic pentameter?

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Blank verse

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What means poetry that does not follow a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme?

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Free verse

20
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What means poetry that tells stories?

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Narrative poetry

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What is long narrative poem that tells of an adventure of a hero of historic or legendary importance?

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Epic

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What is a narrative poem that usually tells a story with tragic over tones and a dramatic conclusion?

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Ballad

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What means poetry that focuses on the emotions or thoughts of a single speaker?

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Lyric poetry

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What is extreme exaggeration used for effect?

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Hyperbole

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What is animal or object that possesses hi pumas qualities?

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Personification

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