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Poetry Vocabulary (Week # 2)
Poetry Vocabulary (Week # 2)
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English
9th Grade
04/19/2021

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Imagery
Definition
The description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
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Narrative Poetry
Definition
A poem that tells a story.
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Lyric Poem
Definition
a highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker
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Dramatic Poem
Definition
a poem that utilizes the techniques of drama
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
the use of words that imitate sounds; words that sound like what they mean.
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Consonance
Definition
the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
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Ballad
Definition
a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing
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Sonnet
Definition
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
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Assonance
Definition
repetition of vowel sounds
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