Module 1 Elements of Poetry Vocabulary

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Meaning of stanza?

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Groups of lines separated by breaks.

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Meaning of rhythm?

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Sound of the poem rises and falls like "beats" in music.

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Meaning of repetition?

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repeating the same word, group of words, or sentence

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Meaning of imagery?

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A style of writing that creates mental pictures.

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Meaning of rhyme?

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A word that ends in the same sound or almost the same sound as another word.

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Meaning of 'line'?

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A single line consisting of one or more words.

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Meaning of pattern?

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A repeating arrangement of words or syllables in a poem.

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Meaning of onomatopoeia?

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Use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.

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Meaning of theme?

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the central message of a literary work

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Meaning of alliteration?

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Repetition of the same stressed consonant sound in a group of words.