https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw Made with joy en-us 2016-11-24 04:57:41 UTC 2025-10-05 07:21:42 UTC hello@padlet.com ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139692659 A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as lion, crazy like fox ).]]> 2016-11-24 05:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139692659 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139692918 A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture.

]]> 2016-11-24 05:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139692918 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139693120 Italian word for “turn.” In a sonnet, the Volta is the turn of thought or argument: in Petrarch an or Italian sonnets it occurs between the octave and the sextet, and in Shakespearean or English before the final couplet.]]> 2016-11-24 05:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139693120 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139693215 A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rains cats and dogs, see the light).]]> 2016-11-24 05:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139693215 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139693310 Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization. Two sonnet forms provide the models from which all other sonnets are formed: the Petrarch an and the Shakespearean.]]> 2016-11-24 05:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139693310 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139693411 a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable]]> 2016-11-24 05:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139693411 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139694765 a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.]]> 2016-11-24 06:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139694765 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139694941 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.]]> 2016-11-24 06:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139694941 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139695105 "Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme.]]> 2016-11-24 06:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139695105 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839392 a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.]]> 2016-11-25 05:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839392 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839435 William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist.]]> 2016-11-25 05:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839435 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839505 A limerick is a humorous poem consisting of five lines. The first, second, and fifth lines must have seven to ten syllables while rhyming and having the same verbal rhythm. The third and fourth lines only have to have five to seven syllables, and have to rhyme with each other and have the same rhythm.]]> 2016-11-25 05:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839505 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839554 a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.]]> 2016-11-25 05:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839554 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839572 a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.]]> 2016-11-25 05:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839572 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839600 A cinquain poem is a verse of five lines that do not rhyme. The cinquain poem was created by Adelaide Crapsey.

]]> 2016-11-25 05:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839600 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839657 the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.]]> 2016-11-25 05:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839657 ken_lorenz https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839731 The term Gothic fiction refers to a style of writing that is characterized by elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion.]]> 2016-11-25 05:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ken_lorenz/hx98j6q946rw/wish/139839731