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poetry basics
tems, etc.
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English
7th Grade
06/12/2011

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What does a narrative poem do?
Definition
tell a story
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what is are examples of a narrative poem?
Definition
ballads or epics
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What does a lyric poem do?
Definition
express the speaker's feelings
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What is a sonnet?
Definition
A lyric poem with a very specific structure and rhyme scheme
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what is "ellegy"?
Definition
it mourns the loss of something important to the poet, such as a person or time
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what is "free verse"
Definition
a poem with no regular rhythm or rhyme
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what is a "catalog poem"
Definition
a free verse poem that lists the poet's thoughts or feelings on a subject
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what are stanzas?
Definition
lines of a poem that are arranged into units
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what is "tone" of a poem
Definition
the attitude toward the subject of a poem
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what is Imagery?
Definition
word pictures that put your imagination to work
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what is "figurative language"?
Definition
comparisons that point out startling connections between dissimiliar things
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what is a simile?
Definition
a comparison of two unlike things.  Uses the words "like", "as", "than" or "resembles"
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what is a metaphor?
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compares two unlike things but without using "like", etc.
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what is "rhyme"?
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the repetition of a stressed or unstressed syllable
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what is "meter"?
Definition
a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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what is a poem written in "free verse"?
Definition
one without a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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what is a "rhyme scheme"?
Definition
a pattern of rhymes
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what is "repetition"?
Definition
the recurring use of a sound, word, phrase or line
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what is onomatopoeia?
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the use of words whose sound echo their meaning
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