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10th Grade
01/26/2009

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lyric
Definition
highly musical verse the expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker
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narrative
Definition
poem that tells a story
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dramatic
Definition
poetry that uses the technique of drama
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ballad
Definition
song like poem that tells a story, often of adventure or romance
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sonnet
Definition
a 14-line poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter
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concrete
Definition
poem with a shape that suggests its subject
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epic
Definition
a long narrative or narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes
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haiku
Definition
three-line verse form; 5:7:5 syllables: seeks to convey a single vivid emotion by means of images from nature
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tanka
Definition
a tanka consists of five unrhymed lines with a pattern of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables
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villanelle
Definition
a lyric poem written in 3-line stanzas ending with a four-line stanza. it has two refrain lines that appear initially in the first a third lines of the first stanza; then they appear alternately as the third line of subsequent stanzas, and finally as the last two lines of the poem
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blank verse
Definition
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines
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free verse
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poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter; seeks to capture the rhythms of speech
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onomatopoeia
Definition
the use of words that imitate sounds
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oxymoron
Definition
putting two contradictory words together
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alliteration
Definition
the repetition of initial consonant sounds
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repetition
Definition
the use of any element of language more than once
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rhythm
Definition
the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
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assonance
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the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables
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consonance
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the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables
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couplet
Definition
a pair of rhyming lines usually of the same length and meter; expresses a single idea
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meter
Definition
a poem's rhythmical pattern
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iamb
Definition
a foot with one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
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trochee
Definition
a foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
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anapest
Definition
a foot with two unstressed syllables followed by one strong syllable
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dactyl
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a foot with one strong stress followed by two unstressed syllables
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spondee
Definition
a foot with two strong stresses
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monometer
Definition
one foot
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dimeter
Definition
two feet
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trimeter
Definition
three feet
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tetrameter
Definition
verse written in 4-foot lines
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pentameter
Definition
verse written in 5-foot lines
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hexameter
Definition
verse written in 6-foot lines
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heptameter
Definition
verse written in 7-foot lines
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metaphor
Definition
a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas
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simile
Definition
a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas
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personification
Definition
a type of figurative speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
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hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration or overstatement
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symbol
Definition
anything that stands for or represents something else; has its own meaning but also represent abstract ideas
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imagery
Definition
the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create words pictures for the reader
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allusion
Definition
a reference to a well-known person, place event, literary work or work of art
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analogy
Definition
the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship
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synecdoche
Definition
when one uses a part to represent the whole
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metonymy
Definition
substituting a word for another closely associated with it
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apostrophe
Definition
when an absent person, an abstract concept, or an important object is directly adressed
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euphony
Definition
soothing pleasant sounds
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cacophony
Definition
hard discordant sounds
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