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8th Grade
01/04/2011
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Rhythm
 Definition
beat of the poem
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Rhyme
 Definition
words that sound alike at the end of the word
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Repetition
 Definition
repeating
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Alliteration
 Definition
words that sound the same at the beginning
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Assonance
 Definition
words that sound the same in the middle
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Simile
 Definition
comparison using like or as
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Metaphor
 Definition
comparison of 2 things without like or as
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Personification
 Definition
giving non human things human characteristics
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Imagery
 Definition
images from the senses
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Free Verse
 Definition
poetry without rules
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stanza
 Definition
group of lines
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line
 Definition
group of words
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rhyme scheme
 Definition
pattern of rhyme
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sonnet
 Definition
14 line poem with definite rules
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ode
 Definition
poem in honor or memory of something; not free verse
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narrative poem
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tells a story
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epic
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tells the story of a hero
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ballad
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tragic story poem
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meter
 Definition
pattern of rhythm
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