Poetry Flashcard

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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Rhymes used in a repeating pattern.

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What is end rhyme?

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Rhyming words that come last in lines of poetry.

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What is a perfect rhyme?

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A rhyme where the stressed vowel sound and all subsequent sounds are identical, e.g., 'laughter' and 'after'.

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What is internal rhyme?

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Rhyme that occurs in places other than the ends of lines.

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What effect does rhyme have in poetry?

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Rhyme creates harmony in the poem.

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What is slant rhyme?

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A type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds.

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What is a couplet?

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Two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme.

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What is a quatrain?

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A stanza or poem of four lines, often with alternating rhymes.

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What is a tercet?

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A stanza of three lines, often with a specific rhyme scheme.

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What is a rhyme scheme notation?

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A system of labeling the rhyme pattern of a poem using letters, e.g., ABAB.