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poetry genres
structure
rhetorica devices structure
sounds of poetry
hodgepodge
100
rigid 14 line verse form, with variable structure and rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet
100
there is no punctuation between lines.
What is enjambment?
100
this is an example: She liked apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, watermelon.
What is asyndeton?
100
boom, crash, bang are examples
What is onomatopoeia?
100
comparing two unlike things using like or as.
What is simile?
200
a long dignified narrative poem that gives the account of a hero important to his nation or race.
What is an epic?
200
a line that has five feet
What is pentameter?
200
repetition of smae word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.
What is anaphora
200
the repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants in words within a line. Ex: LuAnn like to drink lemonade.
What is alliteration
200
a figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human qualities.
What is personification?
300
a poem laments the death of an individual
What is an elegy
300
a stanza with 5 lines
What is a cinquain?
300
repetition of word or words at the end of phrases, clauses, or sentences.
What is epistophe?
300
the use of inharmonious sounds in clse conjunction for effect.
What is cacaphony?
300
gross exageration
What is hyperbole?
400
subjective, feflective poety with regular thyme scheme and meterthat reveals the poet's thought and feelings.
What is a lyric poem?
400
unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable to create a foot
What is iambic
400
another name for an extended metaphor
What is conceit?
400
harmonious sounds to produce a pleasing, melodious effect.
What is euphony?
400
referring to a person, place, or thing that is easily recognizable to make a point.
What is an allusion?
500
a poem without regular rhyme or rhythm.
What is free verse?
500
a line of poetry where words within the poem rhyme
What is internal rhyme?
500
example: She wanted to go the the store, or the mall, or the theatre, or the park.
What is polysyndeton?
500
repetition of two or more vowel sounds within a line.
What is assonance?
500
addressing a person or personified object that is not present.
What is apostrophe?