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05/05/2004

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Stanza
Definition
A group of lines.
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Poem
Definition
a work of literature that may have rhyme, rhythm, stanzas, unusual line order, unusual grammatical structures, figures of speech, and imagery.
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Simile
Definition
a comparison using "like" or "as"
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Metaphor
Definition
An implied comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
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Personification
Definition
Giving human qualities to something that is not human.
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Hyperbole
Definition
A large exaggeration
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Alliteration
Definition
A repeated, beginning consonant sound
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Words that sound like what they mean.
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Assonance
Definition
Repeated vowel sound in a series of words.
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Consonance
Definition
Repetition of identical consonant sounds that is preceded by different vowel sounds.
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Imagery
Definition
appeals to the five senses- sight, sound, touch, smell, taste
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
A pattern of rhymed words in a poem.
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Half Rhyme
Definition
pattern of rhyme with variation in some sounds; also called slant rhyme
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
rhyme that is inside a line
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Narrative Poems
Definition
a poem that tells a story, has a theme, plot, setting and characters
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Simple Narrative
Definition
a poem that tells a story with a typical plot diagram, few characters, a limited setting
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Ballad
Definition
a special narrative that may have a refrain, dialogue, hero or antihero, four-line stanzas
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Refrain
Definition
A group of words repeated over and over in a poem
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Folk Ballad
Definition
old ballads, written to be sung, they don't have an author
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Literary Ballad
Definition
newer story-telling poem using modern words and having an identified author
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Rhythm
Definition
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
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Scanning
Definition
To mark the rhythm.
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Foot
Definition
an identified pattern of poetic rhythm
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Pentameter
Definition
five feet in a line.
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Meter
Definition
the measure of patterns (feet) in a line of poetry
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Lyric Poetry
Definition
a poem that doesn't tell a story, but instead expresses emotion.
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Sonnet
Definition
a special kind of lyric poem- it has 14 lines, written in iambic pentameter
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Limericks
Definition
poems with five lines, humorous or nonsense poems with aabba rhyme
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Concrete
Definition
poems in which the shape of the lines or arrangement of the print on the page reveals or adds to the meaning
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Haiku
Definition
poem that typically tells about nature, has 3 lines and has 17 syllables.
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Dramatic monologue
Definition
poem in which one person (character) addresses the audience
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Couplet
Definition
two lines of poetry together as a unit
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Allusion
Definition
Reference to another work or area that the writer assumes the reader will recognize
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Quatrain
Definition
Four lines of poetry together as a unit
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iambic
Definition
a foot composed of two syllables, the first not stressed and the second stressed
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