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Poetic Forms
Figurative Language
Sound Devices
100
the way the words and lines are arranged in a poem
What is structure
100
the most musical of literary forms
What is poetry
100
when a poem is written in a fixed traditional pattern that may include specific rhyme scheme, meter, line length, or stanza structure
What is formal verse
100
the type of meaning you would find in a dictionary
What is literal meaning
100
the use of words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia
200
groupings of words in a poem
What is lines
200
direct or implied references to people, places, events, literary works, or artworks
What is allusion
200
uses poetic language, but does not follow a fixed pattern.
What is Free Verse
200
describes and compares things in ways that are not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language
200
the repeated use of a word or phrase in a poem
What is repetition
300
when lines in a poem are grouped into logical selections of ideas
What is stanza
300
assigns human qualities to non human subjects
What is personification
300
expresses the thoughts and feelings of single speaker, often in very musical verse.
What is lyric poetry
300
uses the words like or as to compare two things
What is simile
300
the repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration
400
a two line stanza
What is couplet
400
the ideas associated with a word beyond its literal defintion
What is connotation
400
a poem that tells a story and follows a formal structure with set stanzas, strong rhythms, and a regular rhyme scheme.
What is narrative poetry
400
compares by describing one thing as if it were another
What is metaphor
400
the repetition of consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds.
What is consonance
500
three line stanza
What is tercet
500
the attitude the writer projects in a poem - word choice and other poetic elements work together to convey this
What is tone
500
presents drama in verse, the action is told through the words the characters speak.
What is dramatic poetry
500
explains, clarifies, or illustrates by drawing comparisons
What is analogy
500
the repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that do not rhyme
What is assonance
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