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Directions: Use your notes and the powerpoint posted to your teacher’s website to complete this study guide.
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Haiku- ___________________________________________________________
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Limerick- _______________________________________________________
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Ballad- _________________________________________________________
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Free verse- _____________________________________________________
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Lyric- __________________________________________________________
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Couplet- a ____________ lined poem that rhymes
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Quatrain- a _____________ lined poem, or stanza, that has a rhyme ___________
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Figurative language- uses comparison to create vivid word pictures
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Simile- a comparison using _____________ or ___________________
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Hyperbole- an extreme exaggeration
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Metaphor- states one thing is something else, but does NOT use __________ or ______
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Idiom- words or phrases that cannot be taken literally
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Rhyme-___________________________________________________________
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Repetition- _______________________________________________________
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Alliteration- the ___________________, or the same consistent sound(s), of the beginning of several nearby words
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Onomatopoeia- words such as: hiss, rumble and pop; the word suggest its meaning
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Personification- gives human quality to non-human things, such as objects or animals
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Sensory words- words relating to the ________________________
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Imagery- a description, rich in sensory words, which creates a picture in the reader’s mind
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Stanza- lines grouped together in a poem
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Line- word or row of words found in poetry
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