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Poetry~ Melina Fagg
Poetry test~ Melina Fagg
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English
8th Grade
01/24/2014

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Metaphor
Definition
Comparing two ideas or things by saying A is B
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Similie
Definition
Comparing two ideas or things by saying A is LIKE B
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Alliteration
Definition
The repitition of beginning consonat sounds that are sonstant in a series of words
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
The formation of a word from SOUND associated with what is named
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Personification
Definition
Giving nonhuman things human characteristics
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Hyperbole
Definition
A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration
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Assonance
Definition
The repitition of similar vowel sounds
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Imagery
Definition
Language that appeals to the senses
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Speaker
Definition
The voice that says the words of a poem
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Stanza
Definition
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem
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Rhyme Scheme
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The rhyme pattern made by the end of each line in a poem
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Auidence
Definition
The reaer the work is intended for
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Near Rhyme
Definition
Approximate rhyme
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Rythm
Definition
The pattern of beats made by stresses and unstresses syllables in lines of poetry
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Refrain
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A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines, normally at some fixed position in a poem written in stanzic form
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Free Verse
Definition
Poetry that has irregular rythms and line lengths
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Lyric Verse
Definition
Takes the name of poetry accompanied by a lyre. Poetry set to music
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Sonnet
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A fixed form of fourteen lines, nirmally iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme conforming to one of two main types
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