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  • Poetry Noun 1.Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm;... 2.A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems: "poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music". Synonyms verse - poem - poesy - rhyme
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  • Lyric: A type of poetry that expresses the poets emotions. It often tells some sort of brief story, engaging the reader in the experience.
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  • Prose: Writing organized into sentences and paragraphs that is not poetry. e.g. Novels and short stories are examples of prose.
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  • Stanza: A major subdivision in a poem. A stanza of two lines is called a couplet; a stanza of three lines is called a tercet; a stanza of four lines is called a quatrain.
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  • Quatrain: A four-line stanza.
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  • Sonnet: A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter. Different kinds of sonnets have different rhyme schemes. The most notable are Shakespeares Sonnets which employ the abab,cdcd,efef,gg rhyme scheme.
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  • Epic: A long poem narrating the adventures of a heroic figure e.g. Homers The Odyssey.
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  • Blank verse: Unrhymed lines of poetry usually in iambic pentameter. Plenty of modern poetry is written in blank verse.
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  • Free Verse: Poetry with no set meter (rhythm) or rhyme scheme.
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  • Elegy: A poem mourning the dead.
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  • Internal rhyme: A rhyme that occurs within one line such as Hes King of the Swing.
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  • A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.
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  • And on that cheek and oer that brow A mind at peace with all below
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  • The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.
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  • Couplets: A pair of rhyming lines in a poem often set off from the rest of the poem. Shakespeares sonnets all end in couplets.
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  • Metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things using any form of the verb to be-i.e. am, are, is, was, were. Ex: This chair is a rock, or I am an island.
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  • Onomatopoeia: The use of words that sound like what they mean such as buzz, bang, or tic-tock.
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  • Alliteration: The repetition of sounds in a group of words as in Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.
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  • Imagery/Sensory Language Language and words that appeal to the five senses: sight, smell, sound, touch, taste Language and words that appeal to the five senses: sight, smell, sound, touch, taste Creates a scene or visual for the reader with words Creates a scene or visual for the reader with words Ex: It was a dark and stormy nightthe wind was howling, and the rain crashed down by the gallons Ex: It was a dark and stormy nightthe wind was howling, and the rain crashed down by the gallons
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  • Allusion: A reference to a person, place, or thing--often literary, mythological, or historical. The infinitive of allusion is to allude. e.g. Romeo alludes to the mythological figure Diana in the balcony scene.
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  • Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds as in And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride. --Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee
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  • Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds as in The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; --The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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  • Meter: The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem.
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  • Iambic pentameter: Ten-syllable lines in which every other syllable is stressed. - e.g. With eyes like stars upon the brave night air.
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  • The overall atmosphere or prevailing emotional feeling of a work.
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  • It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
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  • Mood: The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. The mood may be suggested by the writer's choice of words, by events in the work, or by the physical setting. Mood: The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. The mood may be suggested by the writer's choice of words, by events in the work, or by the physical setting.
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  • Atmosphere: The overall feeling of a work, which is related to tone and mood.
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  • Diction 1)Word choice. 2) The authors choice of words. An author has the option of choosing any word from our language, why does he/she choose to use certain words and not others? In order to create a certain tone.
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  • Myth: A legend that embodies the beliefs of people and offers some explanation for natural and social phenomena.
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  • Personification: Giving inanimate objects human characteristics. e.g. The wind howled through the night.
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  • Simile: Comparing two unlike things using like or as. e.g. Im as hungry as a pig, or Your eyes are like stars that brighten my night.
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  • Symbolism: The use of one thing to represent another. Something that stands for something else. e.g. A dove is a symbol of peace.
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  • Theme: The central idea of a work.
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  • Tone: The authors attitude toward the subject of the work. Usually positive or negative. e.g. The tone of a piece of literature could be pessimistic, optimistic, angry, or sarcastic.
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  • Voice: The authorial presence in a piece of literature whether in the first, second, or third person.
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  • The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.
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  • I sprang to the stirrup, and Jarvis, and he; I galloped, Derrick galloped, we galloped all three

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