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Poetic Terms and Devices

Poetic Terms and Devices

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English

12th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Feminine rhyme

Back

A rhyme of two or more syllables

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Masculine rhyme

Back

A rhyme which is on the final syllable of the two rhyming words

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

End rhyme

Back

Rhymes that occur in the final words of lines of poetry

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Internal rhyme

Back

Rhyme that occurs in the middle of lines of poetry, instead of at the ends of lines

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Slant rhyme

Back

The words sound pretty similar, but may not rhyme exactly.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Elegy

Back

A sad poem mourning a loss, often the death of a loved one

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Ballad

Back

A narrative poem reminiscent of a song, often written in quatrain with the rhyme scheme ABAB

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