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Poetry Terms (from Quizlet)

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  • Q1
    Any writing that uses words for their sound as well as their meaning
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    Poetry
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  • Q2
    Opposite of Poetry (Simple, direct language). Examples: Lord of the Flies, "The Lottery"
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    Prose
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    the pace of a poem's stressed and unstressed syllables as measured through meter (e.g. iambic pentameter)
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    Rhythm
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    Pattern of Rhymes (example a Shakespearean sonnet has ABABCDCDEFEFGG rhyme scheme
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    Rhyme Scheme
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    has no set meter or rhyme scheme (ee cummings' "One" for example)
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    Free verse
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    a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
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    Stanza
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    Repetition of initial consonant sounds
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    Alliteration
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    Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
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    Assonance
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    word that makes sound of action. (boom pow)
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    Onomotopia
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  • Q10
    Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis (e.g. "Nevermore" in "The Raven")
    Repetition
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    A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. "Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary."
    Internal rhyme
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    A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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    Meter*
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  • Q13
    A reference to another work of literature, person, or event. "Perched upon a bust of Pallis," is an allusion to Athena Greek Mythology. "Plutonian Shore" is an allusion to Hades.
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    Allusion
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  • Q14
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work. The persecution of innocent people is a constant theme of To Kill a Mockingbird
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    Theme
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  • Q15
    A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line.
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    End Rhyme
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