Poetry Vocabulary Flashcard

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What is a poem?

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A collection of words written to inspire ideas, imagination, or emotion

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Stanza

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A group of lines within a poem

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Alliteration

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The same sound or letter at the beginning of words or lines

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the sound it represents, like BUZZ or THUD

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What is the purpose of "Repetition" in poetry?

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To repeat lines or words to stress importance

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Who is the author of a poem?

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Poet

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Where each line of text ends?

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Line break

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Imagery

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Words that create images that appeal to the senses.

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Words with the same ending sounds at the end of the lines or stanzas?

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Rhyming words

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What is a pattern of stressed syllables that create a BEAT called?

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Rhythm