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Poetry Definitions
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1[blank_start]Verse[blank_end] - language with a definite rhythm or beat
- AVerse
2[blank_start]Stanza[blank_end] - a formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit
- AStanza
3[blank_start]Theme[blank_end] - a central message, concern, or purpose of a literary work
- ATheme
4[blank_start]Narrative Poetry[blank_end] - stories told in verse; often have all the elements of short stories, including: characters, conflict, and plot
- ANarrative Poetry
5[blank_start]Sequence[blank_end] - the arrangement of events
- ASequence
6[blank_start]Chronological Sequence[blank_end] - describing events in the order they occur
- AChronological Sequence
7[blank_start]Rhythm[blank_end] - the sound pattern created by combining stressed and unstressed syllables
- ARhythm
8[blank_start]Choral Reading[blank_end] - the reading aloud of a poem by a group of people
- AChoral Reading
9[blank_start]Rhyme[blank_end] - the repetition of a sound in two or more words or phrases
- ARhyme
10[blank_start]End Rhyme[blank_end] - the rhyme that occurs at the end of lines
- AEnd Rhyme
11[blank_start]Exact Rhyme[blank_end] - rhyme that occurs at the end of lines
- AExact Rhyme
12[blank_start]Half Rhyme[blank_end] - words whose sounds are similar but not identical
- AHalf Rhyme
13[blank_start]Rhyme Scheme[blank_end] - the pattern of rhymes
- ARhyme Scheme
14[blank_start]Personification[blank_end] - a type of figurative language in which an animal, an object, or an abstract idea is given human qualities
- APersonification
15[blank_start]Simile[blank_end] - a comparison that uses the words "like" or "as" to point out a similar quality in two generally unlike things
- ASimile
16[blank_start]Metaphor[blank_end] - like a simile, also points out a similar quality in two generally unlike things, but it does not use the words "like" or "as"
- AMetaphor
17[blank_start]Extended Metaphor[blank_end] - continues beyond a single phrase or sentence
- AExtended Metaphor
18[blank_start]Images[blank_end] - the pictures poets create with their words
- AImages
19[blank_start]Haiku[blank_end] - a form of poetry that originated in Japan. A _________ has three lines; the first and third lines have five syllables each; the second line has seven
- AHaiku
20[blank_start]Concrete Poetry[blank_end] - poetry that is meant to be seen on the page as well as heard like an ordinary poem
- AConcrete Poetry
21[blank_start]Lyric Poem[blank_end] - the expression of a poet's personal thoughts and feelings in vivid and musical language
- ALyric Poem
22[blank_start]Figurative Language[blank_end] - language that has a meaning beyond the usual dictionary definitions
- AFigurative Language
23[blank_start]Literal Language[blank_end] - language that does not go beyond the dictionary definition of the words
- ALiteral Language
24[blank_start]Paraphrasing[blank_end] - briefly restating something in your own words
- AParaphrasing
25[blank_start]Sensory Language[blank_end] - language that appeals to your senses
- ASensory Language
26[blank_start]Sound Devices[blank_end] - a poet's way of making language more expressive and musical
- ASound Devices
27[blank_start]Alliteration[blank_end] - the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words
- AAlliteration
28[blank_start]Onomatopoeia[blank_end] - the use of a word that imitates or suggests the sound of what the word refers to
- AOnomatopoeia
29[blank_start]Tone[blank_end] - the poet's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, toward the reader, or toward himself/herself
- ATone
30[blank_start]Limerick[blank_end] - a poem of five lines
- ALimerick
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- Honor's Literature Poetry Definitions
- Author
- Angelina Steele
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- English
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- Created on 31 Mar 2016 · updated on 27 May 2016
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