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Language - English
11th Grade
10/12/2009

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atomsphere
Definition
the mood or the overall feeling that a story or poem conveys.
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alliteration
Definition
the repetition of initial cononsont sounds.
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onomatapoeia
Definition
the use of word that imitate sounds..whirr,sizzle and hiss.
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assonace
Definition
the repetiton of vowel sounds follewed by different cononsonts in 2 or more stressed syllables.
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consonace
Definition
the repetition of similar cononsont sounds at the end of accented syllables
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meter
Definition
rhythmical pattern of poem.
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repetition and rhyme
Definition
repeated words and words that have the same sound.
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simile
Definition
a figure of speech in which LIKE or AS is used to make a comparison between 2 unlike ideas.
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metaphor
Definition
a figure of speech in which ONE THING is spoken of as though it were something else.
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stanza
Definition
a formal division of lines poem, considered as a unit.
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personification
Definition
a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject characteristics.
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narrative poem
Definition
a speaker or character who tells a story.
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dramatic poem
Definition
poetry that uses the techinques of drama.
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lyric poem
Definition
a musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker.
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imagery
Definition
descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for readers.
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halku
Definition
a three-line verse form.
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sonnet
Definition
a fourteen-line lyric poem,usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter.
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tanka
Definition
consists of five unrhymed lines with a pattern of 5,7,5,7,seven syllables.
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villanelle
Definition
a lyric poem written in three line stanzas,ending with four-line stanza
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