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Honors Language Arts Poetry Final
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English
8th Grade
02/02/2011

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Rhythm
Definition
The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables that provides the poem's beat
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Meter
Definition
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Rhyme
Definition
A chiming effect that adds to the music of the poem
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End rhyme
Definition
Rhymes at the ends of lines
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Internal rhyme
Definition
Rhymes that occur within lines
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Exact rhyme
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A rhyme where most of the word is exactly the same with only a slight variation (napping, tapping, rapping)
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Approximate rhyme
Definition
Rhymes that are similar but not exactly the same (fellow, hollow)
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Couplet
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A poem with two consecutive rhyming lines
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Alliteration
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The repetition of consonant sounds in several words that are close together
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of words with sounds that imitate or suggest their meaning (sizzle)
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Metaphor
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A comparison between two unlike things
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Simile
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A comparison between two unlike things using and or like
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Imagery
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Language that appeals to the senses and creates pictures in the mind of the reader
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an object or an animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or abilities
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Symbolism
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When a person, place, thing, or event represents something beyond its own meaning
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Mood
Definition
The overall feeling of a piece of literature
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Style
Definition
The way a writer uses language
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Ballad
Definition
A song-like poem that tells a story of betrayal, death, or loss; usually have a regular steady rhyme, a simple rhyme pattern, and a refrain
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Title of a ballad
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The Cremation of Sam McGee
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Epic
Definition
Long narrative poem about the deeds of a great hero; usually closely connected to a particular culture
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Narrative
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A poem that tells a story - a series of related events
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Title of an epic
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Beowulf
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Title of a narrative
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Paul Revere's Ride
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Title of a lyric poem
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Valentine for Ernest Mann
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Title of an ode
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Ode to Thanks
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Title of a sonnet
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On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
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Title of a free verse poem
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I Hear America Singing
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Lyric
Definition
A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings of a speaker
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Ode
Definition
A long lyric poem, usually praising some subject, and written in dignified language
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Sonnet
Definition
Fourteen-line lyric poem that follows strict rules of structure, meter, and rhyme
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Free Verse
Definition
A poem that does not use rhyme or regular meter pattern, but do create rhythm by using rhythm patterns
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