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English Poetry Terms
feb. 6, 2010
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10th Grade
02/06/2011

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Narrative
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Lyric
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Sonnet
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19 Lined poem where lines 1&3 are repeated throughout the poem
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Villanelle
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14 Lines about love; iambic pentameter
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Haiku
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Japanese, 3 lines, about nature, syllables 5,7,5.
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Tanka
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5 lines, about an image, sylalables 5,7,5,7,7.
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Rhyme
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Rhythm
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Alliteration
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2 or more words with the same consanat sound
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Assonance
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2 or more words with the same vowel sound
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Metaphor
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comparison not using "like" or "as"
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Onomatopeia
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Words in poetry that represent sounds
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Repetition
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exact words used more than once; word, phrase, or line.
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Simile
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Figure or speech in which 2 unlike things are explicitly compared using the words "like" or "as"
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