FREE WRITING AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT POETRY LINGO

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FREE WRITING AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT POETRY LINGO

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Question 1: Verse

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A single line of poetry

Question 2: Theme

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The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

Question 3: Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words such as "like" or "as."

Question 4: Free Verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

Question 5: Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.Ex. "Ivan will trY to lIght the fIre."

Question 6: Meter

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The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

Question 7: Ballad

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A story/narrative in poetic form.

Question 8: Consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.Ex. "a worM naMed Maurice took the garden by storM."

Question 9: Symbol

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An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

Question 10: Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.Ex. "From Forth the Fatal loins of these two Foes...."

Question 11: Rhythm

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The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the rhythm of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.

Question 12: Allusion

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A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

Question 13: Stanza

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A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

Question 14: Tone

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The attitude the poem's narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, iconic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.

Question 15: Diction

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The author's specific work choice.

Question 16: Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words such as "like" or "as."

Question 17: Enjambment

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This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.Ex. If this were a poem, this would be an example of the technique.

Question 18: Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds like what it means.Ex. buzz, click, bang, sizzle.