Poetry Share Set
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kdoolin on April 19, 2012
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4th period language arts, 3rd period language arts
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words close together in a sentence, poem, etc. |
| meter | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| poetry | a literary work written in verse, or in short lines |
| rhyme | the repetition of the same sounds at the ends of lines |
| rhythm | the repeated pattern of sounds used in poetry |
| sonnet | a fourteen-line poem with a precise rhyme scheme and meter |
| stanza | a group of lines within a poem |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words to imitate sounds |
| rhyme scheme | the regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem illustrated by using letters of the alphabet. |
| repetition | The use, more that once of, any element of language. |
| free verse | Poetry not written in a rhythmical pattern or meter. |
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