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Advanced Poetry
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English
8th Grade
05/08/2011

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trochee
Definition
has a heavy stress followed by a light stress: ’ ˘ (battle, thunder, hero)
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tetrameter
Definition
a four-foot line
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tag
Definition
an extra syllable in an otherwise regulated metrical line. (The line “Such waltzing was not easy” is supposed to be in iambic trimeter, but it has one extra unstressed syllable.)
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ceasura
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a pause within a line of verse. It is not counted as part of the metrical pattern. The following line has a clear caesura in the middle:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
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true rhyme
Definition
Obvious rhymes in words such as “wing” and “sing” are
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slant rhyme
Definition
When words are not true rhyming words but almost rhyme (“prawn” and “thrown”; “steep” and “tape”; “angle” and “tingle”; “moaning” and “drowning”; “penniless” and “wilderness”),
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diction
Definition
word choice
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feminine rhyme
Definition
uses words of more than one syllable that end with a light stress (“pages” and “wages”; “I’m serious” and “delirious”; “on a mission” and “competition”).
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masculine rhyme
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words rhyme on a single stressed syllable (“wing” and “sing”; “dear” and “steer”; “conflate” and “debate”; “the void” and “annoyed”).
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lamb
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has a light stress followed by a heavy stress: ˘ ’ (again, enough, delight)
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pentameter
Definition
a five-foot line
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hexameter
Definition
a six-foot line
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bacchius
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has one light stress followed by two heavy stresses: ˘ ’ ’ (to win big, I feel great, before dawn)
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cretic
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has three syllables, with stress on the middle syllable: ˘ ’ ˘ (unsightly, disastrous, repulsive)
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spondee
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has two equal heavy stresses: ’ ’
(drop dead, bon-bons)
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anapest
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has two light stresses followed by a heavy stress: ˘ ˘ ’ (intercept, overwhelm, in a pinch, on the sly, from behind)
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dactyl
Definition
has a heavy stress followed by two light stresses: ’ ˘ ˘ (adamant, thunderbolt, nunnery)
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Image
Definition
descriptive language, 5 senses
MS H SOAP
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Image
Definition
simile
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Image
Definition
metaphor
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Image
Definition
personification
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Image
Definition
allusion
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Image
Definition
symbol
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Image
Definition
oxymoron
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Image
Definition
hyperbole
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Sound
Definition
RROAR
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Sound
Definition
rhythm
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Sound
Definition
rhyme
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Sound
Definition
repetition
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Sound
Definition
alliteration
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Sound
Definition
onomatoepia
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Emotion
Definition
Feeling; VAC WP
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Emotion
Definition
Voice
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Emotion
Definition
authentic
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Emotion
Definition
connection
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Emotion
Definition
word choice
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Emotion
Definition
precision
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Form
Definition
shape of the poem
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Form
Definition
looks on the page
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Meter
Definition
Regular patterns of accent that underline metrical vers
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Foot
Definition
Basic unit of measurement of verse; usually contains one accented syllable and 1 or 2 unaccented syllables
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Iambus
Definition
Metrical foot consisting of on unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
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Iambic pentameter
Definition
Line of verse consisting of 5 metrical feet
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ballad
Definition
a narrative poem written as a series of quatrains (four lines per stanza). Most ballads can be sung. The "story" of a ballad can be a wide range of subjects but is usually about folklore or popular legends.
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Form
Definition
page/line breaks
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Form
Definition
stanzas and punctuation
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