English - Poetry Assessment
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alliteration
repetition of the same consonant/sound at the beginning of a word
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allusion
a reference to something else
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anaphora
same word/words at the beginning of successive lines or stanzas
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assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
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consonance
repetition of the same consonant sound inside of words
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couplet
a pair of lines, or a stanza with only two lines
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end-rhyme
rhyme at the end of lines
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end-stop
the end of a line that's a complete and proper sentence
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enjambment
a proper sentence chopped into two different lines
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epigraph
a brief quotation that is sometimes placed after the title of a poem
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figurative language
language that conveys meanings beyond the literal meaning of the word
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form
the design/structure of a poem
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formal poetry
poetry with rules and guidelines
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free verse
poetry without rules and guidelines
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imagery
descriptive language that appeals to all the senses
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internal rhymes
rhymes within a line, not at the ends
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line break
where a line ends
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lyric poetry
a verse that expresses feelings and ideas instead of narrating
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metaphor
a figurative language that compares two unalike things to create something deep
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meter
the rhythm of a line
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mood
the feeling of a poem
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narrative poetry
a verse that tells a story
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personification
a metaphor where a non human thing is talked about as if it were a human
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poetry
a compressed type of descriptive writing that creates emotion and imagination
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prose
stuff written in paragraph/sentence form (usually not poetry)
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prose poem
poetry in disguise (prose form)
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quatrain
stanza containing four lines
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repetition
the repeating of things (sounds, lines, words, etc.,)
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rhyme scheme
the pattern of end-rhymes in a poem
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simile
a metaphor that includes the word "like, as, resembles, or than"
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speaker
the person reading it to us
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stanza
a group of lines
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stanza break
the space in between stanzas
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tercet
a trio of lines, a stanza containing three lines
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tone
the attitude of the poem (funny, serious, etc.,)