Poetry Vocab and terms 3

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Repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words

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Assonance

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Type of poem meant to be sung or performed, telling a story

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Ballad

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Ode

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A poetic form addressing its subject and usually dealing with serious themes.

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Meter

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Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Type of poem that tells a story

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Narrative Poetry

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Epic Poetry

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Poetic form about great heroes and national attitudes.

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3 lines, 5/7/5 syllable pattern

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Haiku

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Used to measure meter, a _________ contains a stressed and one or two unstressed syllables.

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Words and phrases appealing to the five senses

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Sensory Details

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Represents an idea or quality beyond itself

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Symbol