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Poetry Terms

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

POETRY

POETRY IS A TYPE OF WRITING IN WHICH WORDS ARE CHOOSEN AND ARRANGE GE
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RHYME SCHEME

RHYME SCHEMES ARE SHOWN BY A SEQUENCE OF LETTERS
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

POETS MAY USE FIGURATIVE LANGAUGE IN THEIR WRITING TO CREATE IMAGES

SMILE

A COMPARISON THAT USES LIKE OR AS

METAPHOR

A DIRECT COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO THINGS NOT USING LIKE OR AS TO MAKE A COMPARISON
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ANALOGY

AN EXTENDED COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT THINGS BASED ON AN IDEA.

LINES

ARE ROWS OF WORDS THAT DO NOT FOLLOW
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STANZAS

GROUPS OF LINES APART BY SPACES LIKE PARAGRAPHS
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RYHME

END IN SIMILAR SOUNDS
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PERSONIFICATION

USING HUMAN QUALITIES TO DESCRIBE NON NORMAL THINGS
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SYMBOLISM

THE USE OF ONE OBJECT OR IDEA TO SIGNIFY SOMETHING ELSE
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METER

IS RECURRING THE PATTERN OF STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES
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REPETITION

IS THE REPEATING OF WORDS OR LINES IN POETRY
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AIITERATION

IS THE REPETITION OF AN INITAL CONSTANT SOUND
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ASSONANCE

IS THE REPETITION OF A VOWEL SOUND

ONOMATOPOEIA

USE OF WORDS WHOSE MEANING IS SUGGESTED BY THEIR SOUNDS, SUCH AS SPLASH, HASH, HUSH
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BALLAD

A POEM THAT TELLS A STORY USING STANZAS OF 2-4 LINES AND A REFRAIN

FREE VERSE

A POEM THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW ANY SET OF RULES

HAIKU

A VERY SHORT POEM WITH THREE LINES AND JUST 17 SYLABALS
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LIMERICK

A SHORT POEM WITH 5 LINES AND REGUALR METER AND RYHME SCHEME.
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LYRIC POEM

A SHORT POEM FOCUSED ON THE SPEAKERS THOUGHTS AND OR FEELINGS OFTEN

ODE

A POEM THAT INCLUDES 2 OR MORE STANZAS WITH SIMULAR SCURTURES

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SONNET

A POEM THAT HAS 14 LINES WITH 10-12 SYLLABLES PER LINE IN MANY SONNETS

DENOTATION

IS THE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS OF WORDS

CONNOTATIONS

MEANINGS SUGGESTED OR IMPLIED BY A WORD SEPRATE FROM ITS WORDS SEPARATE FROM ITS DEFINITION
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