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Poetry Terms
Poetry Motifs
Poetic Forms
100

Reason for Melinda being "outcast" from her peers on the first day of school

She called the police at a summer party.

100

Person your email is intended to be read by

Recipient

100

The pattern of rhyming in a poem, always represented starting with the letter A

rhyme scheme

100

Author of Sonnet 18 "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" and Sonnet 130 "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"

William Shakespeare

100

A 14 line poem with a strict rhyme scheme and meter

Sonnet
200

Melinda's pseudo-friend from Ohio

Heather

200

A brief summary of your email

Subject

200

Repetition of sounds at the start of words

alliteration

200

Tone of "Because I could not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson.

peaceful, accepting, serene
200

Poetic form that celebrates and mourns a dead person

Elegy
300

A symbol of Melinda's growth and healing

Trees

300

Option to add another viewer in addition to the intended recipient

Carbon Copy (CC)

300

The beat or rhythm of a poetry

Meter
300

A repeated pattern, image, sound, object etc. that helps to emphasize a theme

Motif

300

Poetic form that does not use traditional lines and stanzas

prose poem

400

Concept represented by the school's constantly changing mascot

Finding one's identity
400

Use this salutation if you are writing to an unknown recipient

To whom it may concern

400

A poem without rhyme or meter

free verse

400

Poems that focus on culture, upbringing, emotional honesty, sense of self etc. best fit which motif from class?

Identity

400

Poetic form where repetition is a key characteristic

Villanelle, Sestina, and/or Pantoum

500

Reason for Melinda's poor grade on her social studies extra credit

She refused to read her essay aloud

500
Field for adding recipients so that they cannot tell who else received the email

Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)

500

Continuing a line after the line has ended

Enjambment

500

Theme of Sonnet 18 (Shall I compare thee to a summer's day)

While the beauty of a summer day is temporary, the narrator's partner's beauty is immortalized in the poem

500

Type of poetry with an emphasis on passionate verbal presentation, often about social issues

Slam poetry
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