Vocabulary - Poetic Devices - 12/6/24

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Ominous

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Something that worries you because it makes you think something bad is going to happen; threatening or menacing.

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Ebony

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A very dark black color with undertones of brown.

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Stanza

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A poetic paragraph. There are usually double spaces between these.

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Lines

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These make up the stanzas in the poem. They are not necessarily sentences.

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Exact Rhyme

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The same middle AND end sounds in two or more words.

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Approximate Rhyme

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Similar but not identical sounds in two or more words.

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Chartreuse

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A color between yellow and green.

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Bleak

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Describing a situation that is cold, dreary, or without hope.

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Ghastly

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Causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre.

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Melancholy

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A deep, persistent sadness or gloom.