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9th Grade
02/09/2011

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Elegy or Dirge
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Poem or lament for the dead; sometimes cpmposed in elegiac couplets
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Lyric or Mediative Poem
Definition
A poem that explores and idea or image
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Mood Poem
Definition
A poem that creates an atmosphere
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Narrative Poem
Definition
Tells a story about a person or an event
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Pastoral Poem
Definition
A poem dealing with shepherds, flocks, nature and love and such
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Speaker
Definition
The character saying the poem, not necessarily the poet
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Dialogue
Definition
Conversation between characters--In poetry, may not be placed in quotation marks
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Listener
Definition
The one speaker speaks to in some, not necessarily the audience
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Audience
Definition
The individual person(or type of person) for whom the poem was written
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Plot
Definition
A series of events or "storyline"
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Setting
Definition
The general time and place that may provide the context of a poem
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Occasion
Definition
A specific event to which a poem refers to or responds
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Character
Definition
An imaginary person in a poem
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Tone
Definition
Attitude of the speaker toward the subject
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Static Character
Definition
A character that stays the same
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Dynamic Character
Definition
A character that changes
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Conflict
Definition
A struggle between(or within) characters, forces, ideas, etc
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Rising Action
Definition
A series of events that show the conflict building
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Climax
Definition
The turning point, or point of highest tension in the action of a poem
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Imagery
Definition
Words of phrases that create pictures, sounds, smells, etc
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Metaphor/Simile
Definition
Direct comparison.. of normally unlike objects
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Personification
Definition
Putting human characteristics to a non-human thing
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Symbol
Definition
The thing itself and a much larger and/ or more diverse meaning
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
A contrast between what the reader knows and the characters don't
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Situational Irony
Definition
A contrast between the unexpected and the expected
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Verbal
Definition
A contrast between what is meant and what is not meant(a lie)
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Diction
Definition
Patterns in the authors choice of words to convey tone, character
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Connotation
Definition
The emotional quality of a word(house, home) (dog, canine) (naked, nude)
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Denotation
Definition
The dictionary definition. Double entendres arise if more than a meaning
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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of initial consonants: tired and true
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Onomotopoeia
Definition
Words that make the same sound as their meaning; buzz; plop
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
Two words within the same line rhyme
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External Rhyme
Definition
Two words within separate lines rhyme
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End Rhyme
Definition
Words at the end of the line rhyme
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Slant Rhyme
Definition
Words nearly rhyme
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Iambic pentameter
Definition
Ten syllables per line, alternating one stressed and an unstressed
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Free Verse
Definition
No metrical pattern
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Free Verse
Definition
No metrical pattern
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Couplet
Definition
A pair of rhymed lines
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Stanza
Definition
A division or part of a poem, sometimes repeated in the same form
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