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A PIECE OF LITERATURE WRITTEN IN
METER AND VERSE (NOT PROSE) |
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| THE FORMATION OR USE OF WORDS SUCH AS BUZZ OR MURMUR THAT IMITATE THE SOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OBJECTS OR ACTIONS AS THEY REFER TO |
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| HAVING A REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE OF SOUNDS, ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THE LINES |
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| A REFERENCE TO ANOTHER WORK OF LITERATURE |
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A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH EXAGGERATION IS USED FOR EMPHASIS OR EFFECT.
EX. I COULD SLEEP FOR A YEAR
or THIS BOOK WEIGHS A TON. |
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| A LITERARY OR CINEMATIC DEVICE IN WHICH AN EARLIER EVENT IS INSERTED INTO THE NORMAL CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF A NARRATIVE. |
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A PERVADING IMPRESSION OF AN OBSERVER
EX. THE SOMBER MOOD OF A PAINTING |
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A FIXED NUMBER OF LINES OF VERSE
FORMING A UNIT OF A POEM |
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THE REPETITION OF THE SAME SOUND OR OF THE SAME KINDS OF SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORDS OR IN STRESSED SYLLABLES.
EX. ON SCROLLS OF SILVER SNOWY SENTENCES |
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THE USE OF VIVID OR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
TO PAINT A PICTURE IN THE REEADER'S
MIND WITH WORDS. |
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| COMPARING 2 THINGS USING "LIKE" OR "AS." |
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COMPARING 2 THINGS USING "IS"
(A MUCH STRONGER STATEMENT) |
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GIVING ANIMALS OR OBJECTS THE
QUALITIES OF A PERSON |
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COMMONLY USED PHRASE THAT DOES NOT LITERALLY MEAN WHAT IT SAYS
EX. IT IS RAINING CATS AND DOGS. |
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TWO LINES OF VERSE NEXT TO EACH
OTHER THAT RHYME
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| AN EXPRESSION MARKED BY A DELIBERATE CONTRAST BETWEEN APPARENT AND INTENDED MEANING; IN OTHER WORDS, THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU EXPECT |
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| THE ATTITUDE A WRITER TAKES TOWARD THE AUDIENCE (READER), A SUBJECT, OR A CHARACTER |
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THE PATTERN OR ARRANGEMENT OF
RHYME IN A POEM
EX. (AABBAC)-THE SAME LETTERS RHYME |
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| THE REPETITION OR A PATTERN OF SIMILAR SOUNDS, ESPECIALLY VOWEL SOUNDS |
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| AN EXTREMELY LONG POEM THAT TELLS A STORY OF A HERO (USUALLY WITH SUPERHUMAN TRAITS). |
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THE ODE OFTEN PRAISES PEOPLE, THE ART OF MUSIC AND POETRY, NATURAL SCENSES, OR ABSTRACT CONCEPTS.
THE ROMANTIC POETS USED THE ODE TO EXPLORE BOTH PERSONAL OR GENERAL PROBLEMS; THEY OFTEN STARTED WITH A MEDITATION ON SOMETHING IN NATURE, AS DID KEATS IN "ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE"
OR SHELLY IN "ODE TO THE WEST WIND." |
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TELLING A STORY.
BALLADS AND EPICS ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF NARRATIVE POEMS. |
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A POEM THAT IS WRITTEN DOWN THE PAGE.
SOMETIMES USED AS A STUDY DEVICE. |
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A STRICT FORM OF POETRY THAT HAS 14 LINES
(3 STANZAS OF 4 LINES EACH (12 LINES), ENDING WITH A COUPLET (2 LINES) SUCH AS THE ONE IN OUR |
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A JAPANESE FORM OF POETRY THAT HAS A SYLLABIC PATTERN OF 5 - 7 - 5 (A TOTAL OF 17 SYLLABLES).
HAIKU USUALLY FOCUSES ON NATURE, |
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A 5 LINE POEM WITH A RHYME SCHEME OF
A - A - B - B - A
THAT HAS A TWIST TO IT.
THE FIRST LINE INTRODUCES A
PERSON AND A LOCATION. |
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A STORY, USUALLY A NARRATIVE OR A POEM,
IN A SONG. |
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| A POEM THAT HAS NO RHYME OR METER |
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A SHORT, UNRHYMED POEM OF 22 SYLLABLES
FIVE LINES OF 2, 4,6, 8, 2 SYLLABLES |
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A POEM, SUCH AS A SONNET OR AN ODE, THAT EXPRESSES THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF THE POET.
A LYRIC POEM MAY RESEMBLE A SONG IN
FORM OR STYLE. |
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