Poetry Vocab Flashcard

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Poetry that tells a story

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Narrative Poetry

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Identify the capitalized phrase: “And now THE AIR IS SHATTERED by the force of Casey’s blow.”

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hyperbole

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Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or art

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allusion

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Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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simile

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A six line stanza

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sestet

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Sound device in "The morning breaks; the STEEDS IN THEIR STALLS"

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alliteration

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Words that imitate sounds:

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onomatopoeia

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Deliberate exaggeration or overstatement?

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hyperbole

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Comparison of two things as if one is another.

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metaphor

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Repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words.

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assonance