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8.h.lozano,poetry lit terms
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Literature
7th Grade
01/04/2012

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alliteration
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repetition of the same vowel sounds
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Assonance
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repetition of internal vowel sound
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auther's purpose
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entertain?explain? inform?persuade?
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character
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a person animal or imaginary creature in a literay work
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consonance
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identical consonant sounds
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couplet
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2 consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter
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haiku
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fixed poetic form consisting of syllables organized into 3 unryhmed lines of five seven and five syllables
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hyerbole
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exaggerated statement
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imagery
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words, and phrases that appeal to the senses
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limerick
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humorous -styled poetry consisting of 5 lines with the rhyme scheme aabba
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metaphor
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Compares 2 unlike things( without using "like" or "as")
narrative
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narrative
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a person that says the story
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onomatopeia
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word resembles the sound (buzz,bang.sizzle
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personification
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Human characteristics attributed to non-human things
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point of veiw
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what the main thing is attributed to non-human things
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quatrian
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A 4-lined stanza
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rhyme
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repetition of identical concluding syllables
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simile
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comparison using "like" or 'as"
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soilioquy
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a characters thought
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soment
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lyric poetry consisting of 14 lines
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stanza
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a grouping of lines set off by space
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symbol
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symbols they use
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theme
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the main thing
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tone
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the aurthers attidude
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verse
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Poetic lines composed in a rhythmical pattern
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lyric
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A brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker.
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repetition
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repetition is the simple repeating of words , within a sentence or a poetical line in order to emphasize
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refrian
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a refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or verse the choir of a song
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meter
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the basic rhyth structure of a verse that is based on the pattern of
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mood
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the feeling of someone
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plot
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the sequence of events
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point of view
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who is telling the story
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first person
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the character telling the story
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2nd person
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the narrator tells the story that doesnt use you
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third person
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tells the story uses he she etc.
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omniscient third person
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a narrator who knows everything
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setting
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where the story takes place
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structure
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inclueds elements
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symbolidn
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characters and actions
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theme
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is the main passage
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tone
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the authers attitude
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