Literary Terms 1
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Types of Poems
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The beat or meter; the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables expressed in a unit of measure called a foot
What is rhythm
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The repetition of beginning consonant sounds
What is alliteration
100
A comparison using like or as
What is simile
100
A line or phrase that is repeated usually at the end of each stanza
What is a refrain
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Poetry that tells a story
What is narrative poetry
200
The use of exaggeration
What is hyperpole
200
The giving of human qualities to nonhuman creatures or things
What is personification
200
The main idea of a poem
What is theme
200
words and phrases that appeals to the five senses; the creation of sense experience through words
What is imagery
200
poetry that expresses personal feelings in vivid and musical language
What is lyric poem
300
something that stands for or represents something else
What is a symbol
300
an implied comparison that suggest one thing is something else
What is metaphor
300
The use of a word that imitates the sound it represents
What is Onomatopoeia
300
A synonym for poetry or a line or stanza of poetry
What is Verse
300
A long lyric poem deep in feeling and rich in poetic devices
What is an ode
400
2 parts! The repetition of vowel sounds The repetition of consonant sounds
What is Assonance and Consonance
400
The basic attitude expressed toward the subject of the poem
What is tone
400
un-rhymed poetry with meter; the lines are ten syllables in length
What is Blank Verse
400
A fourteen line poem that states the poet's personal feelings
What is a sonnet
400
The poem is written in the shape of its subject
What is concrete poem
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY! 1. One of the characters tells the story 2. An outside narrator comments on ALL characters 3. An outside narrator comments on ONLY ONE character 4. The story is presented through the words and actions of the characters
What is 1. first person narrative 2. third person omniscient 3. third person limited omniscient 4. third person objective/dramatic
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TWO PARTS 1. The dictionary definition of a word 2. The feelings associated with a word
What is 1. Denotation 2. Connotation
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The pattern of end rhyme expressed in lower case letters (Ex: a, b, a, b, c, c)
What is Rhyme Scheme
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A long poem that tells a story about the adventures of a hero
What is epic
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a humorous poem of five lines, lines one, two and five rhyme and have three stressed syllables; lines three and four rhyme and have two stressed syllables
What is a limerick
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