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Know the Lingo A B C KNOW The repetition of consonant sounds, An object or action that means The measured arrangement of but not vowels, in a chunk of text. something more than its literal sounds/beats in a poem, including THE Ex: A worm named Maurice took the meaning. the poet’s placement of emphasis LINGO garden by storm. and the number of syllables per line. Match the items below to the correct definition. D E F ______ Alliteration A unified group of lines in poetry. The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds ______Allusion This is often marked by spacing A story/narrative in poetic form. are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be between sections of the poem. fast or slow, choppy or smooth. ______Assonance ______Ballad G H I ______Consonance The repetition of vowel sounds in a The central meaning or chunk of text. dominant message the poet is The author’s specific word choice. ______Diction Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.” trying to deliver to the reader. ______Enjambment J K L ______Free Verse The attitude the poem’s narrator (this ______Metaphor may or may not be the actual poet) takes Poetry that does not rhyme or A word that sounds like what it means. towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, have a measurable meter. Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzle ______Meter tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc. ______Onomatopoeia M N O A figure of speech that makes a A figure of speech that makes a ______Rhythm comparison between two things comparison between two things A brief reference to a real or fictional using connecting words, such as ______Simile without using connecting words, person, event, place, or work of art. such as “like” or “as.” “like” or “as.” ______Stanza Ex: Love is a battlefield. Ex: Love is like a battlefield. P Q R ______Symbol This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected ______Theme the next line. A single line of poetry. Ex: If this were a poem, words. ______Tone this would be Ex: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; an example of the technique. A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.” ______Verse A B C KEY KNOW The repetition of consonant sounds, An object or action that means The measured arrangement of but not vowels, in a chunk of text. something more than its literal sounds/beats in a poem, including THE Ex: A worm named Maurice took the meaning. the poet’s placement of emphasis LINGO garden by storm. and the number of syllables per line. Match the items below to the correct definition. D E F __Q__ Alliteration A unified group of lines in poetry. The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds __O__Allusion This is often marked by spacing A story/narrative in poetic form. are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be between sections of the poem. fast or slow, choppy or smooth. __G__Assonance __E__Ballad G H I __A__Consonance The repetition of vowel sounds in a The central meaning or chunk of text. dominant message the poet is The author’s specific word choice. __I__Diction Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.” trying to deliver to the reader. __P__Enjambment J K L __K__Free Verse The attitude the poem’s narrator (this __M__Metaphor may or may not be the actual poet) takes Poetry that does not rhyme or A word that sounds like what it means. towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, have a measurable meter. Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzle __C__Meter tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc. __L__Onomatopoeia M N O A figure of speech that makes a A figure of speech that makes a __F__Rhythm comparison between two things comparison between two things A brief reference to a real or fictional using connecting words, such as __N__Simile without using connecting words, person, event, place, or work of art. such as “like” or “as.” “like” or “as.” __D__Stanza Ex: Love is a battlefield. Ex: Love is like a battlefield. P Q R __B__Symbol This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected __H__Theme the next line. A single line of poetry. Ex: If this were a poem, words. __J__Tone this would be Ex: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; an example of the technique. A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.” __R__Verse.
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