Unit 3: Poetry

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly, suggesting that one is the other, without using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Time is a thief.'

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are given to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is a stanza in poetry?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas. It is similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What does it mean to rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in the final syllables of words, often used at the end of lines in poetry. For example, 'cat' and 'hat' rhyme.

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What is the theme of a poem?

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The theme is the central idea or message that the poem conveys. It is what the poem is about on a deeper level.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, helping the reader to visualize scenes, sounds, smells, tastes, and feelings.

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What is an alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words. For example, 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Her smile was like sunshine.'

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What is the purpose of a poet?

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The purpose of a poet is to express emotions, tell stories, and convey ideas through the use of language, rhythm, and imagery.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem, often described using letters to represent sounds.