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Poetry Terms
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English
7th Grade
04/06/2009

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catalog poem
Definition
poem written as a list
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imagery
Definition
language that appeals to the senses by describing how something looks, feels, smells, tastes, or sounds
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plot
Definition
series of events that make up a story
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refrain
Definition
group of words REPEATED at intervals in a poem, song, or speech
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lyric
Definition
poetry that expresses emotion
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ballad
Definition
a story poem that is sung
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rhyme
Definition
repetition of accented vowel sound and all sounds that follow in words close together (battle, cattle)
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stanza
Definition
group of consecutive lines of poetry that forms a single unit (like paragraphs in an essay)
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free verse
Definition
poetry that has no set pattern of rhyme or rhythm
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sonnet
Definition
lyric poem that has 14 lines
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narrative poem
Definition
a poem that tells a story
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rhythm
Definition
gives a poem its musical quality
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mood
Definition
overall feeling created by a poem, story, or other work of literature
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speaker
Definition
voice talking in the poem
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novella
Definition
shorter than a novel, but longer than a short story
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tone
Definition
writer's attitude
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meter
Definition
regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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poetry
Definition
rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to emotion and imagination
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rhyme scheme
Definition
a pattern of rhymes that occurs througout a poem (aabbcc ddeeff)
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limerick
Definition
a humorous five-line poem
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conflict
Definition
struggle between opposing forces or characters
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ode
Definition
a poem that pays tribute, or honors, something or someone of great importance to the poet
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elegy
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mourns the passing of someone or something that is very important to the writer ("Annabel Lee" is an example of this kind of poetry.)
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end rhyme
Definition
rhyme that occurs at end of lines of poetry
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internal rhyme
Definition
rhyme that occurs when words within lines of poetry rhyme
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