Poetry Elements

Front

Poetry is usually arranged in ________________.

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lines

Front

A group of lines is called a _______________________.

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Stanzas

Front

Poems may have a regular _________________, which is the repetition of similar sounds.

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Rhyme

Front

A _____________ _______________ is the pattern formed by the end of the rhymes.

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Rhyme Scheme

Front

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables gives a line of poetry a predictable __________, or pattern of beats.

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Rhythm

Front

What is the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables?

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Alliteration

Front

What uses words that imitate or suggest the sound of what they describe, such as hiss and thud?

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onomatopeia

Front

Poets use _______________, or language that appeals to the senses, to help readers visualize what they read.

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Imagery

Front

What communicates ideas beyond the literal meanings of words?

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Front

What uses like or as to compare seemingly unlike things?

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simile