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| a work of literature that may have rhyme, rhythm, stanzas, unusual line order, unusual grammatical structures, figures of speech, and imagery. |
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| a comparison using "like" or "as" |
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| An implied comparison that does not use "like" or "as" |
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| Giving human qualities to something that is not human. |
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| A repeated, beginning consonant sound |
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| Words that sound like what they mean. |
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| Repeated vowel sound in a series of words. |
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| Repetition of identical consonant sounds that is preceded by different vowel sounds. |
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| appeals to the five senses- sight, sound, touch, smell, taste |
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| A pattern of rhymed words in a poem. |
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| pattern of rhyme with variation in some sounds; also called slant rhyme |
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| rhyme that is inside a line |
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| a poem that tells a story, has a theme, plot, setting and characters |
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| a poem that tells a story with a typical plot diagram, few characters, a limited setting |
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| a special narrative that may have a refrain, dialogue, hero or antihero, four-line stanzas |
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| A group of words repeated over and over in a poem |
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| old ballads, written to be sung, they don't have an author |
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| newer story-telling poem using modern words and having an identified author |
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| The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. |
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| an identified pattern of poetic rhythm |
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| the measure of patterns (feet) in a line of poetry |
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| a poem that doesn't tell a story, but instead expresses emotion. |
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| a special kind of lyric poem- it has 14 lines, written in iambic pentameter |
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| poems with five lines, humorous or nonsense poems with aabba rhyme |
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| poems in which the shape of the lines or arrangement of the print on the page reveals or adds to the meaning |
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| poem that typically tells about nature, has 3 lines and has 17 syllables. |
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| poem in which one person (character) addresses the audience |
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| two lines of poetry together as a unit |
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| Reference to another work or area that the writer assumes the reader will recognize |
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| Four lines of poetry together as a unit |
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| a foot composed of two syllables, the first not stressed and the second stressed |
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