7th Grade Poetry – Flashcards
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Stanzas
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Lines of poetry that is grouped into verses.
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Metaphor
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Describes one thing as if it were something else
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Personification
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Gives human qualities to something that is not human
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Similes
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Use "like or as" to compare two unlike things
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Symbol
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Anything that represents something else
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Alliteration
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The repetition of constant sounds in the beginning of words, phrases, and rhymes
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Repetition
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The repeated use of words, phrases, and rhythms
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables, as in "blaze and maze"
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Consonance
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The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables, as in "wind and sand"
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples: Crash, bang, meow, hiss
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Rhyme
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The repetition of sounds at the ends of words, as in speech and teach
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Meter
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The rhythmical pattern in a poem
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Imagery
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A word of phrase that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses
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Narrative
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Tells a story in a verse
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Haiku
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A 3 line Japanese verse form. The 1st and 3rd lines have 5 syllables, and the 2nd line has 7 syllables.
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Free Verse
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Defined by its lack of strict structure. It has not regular meter, rhyme, length, or pattern
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Lyric
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Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
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Concrete
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Poems that are shaped to look like their subject
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Ballads
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A song-like poem that tells a story, often dealing with adventure and romance
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Limericks
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A humorous, rhyming 5-line poem with a specific rhythm, pattern, and rhyme scheme
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Sonnet
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A poem of 14 lines usually with a fixed scheme
