Elements of Poetry

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What is prose?

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Prose is written in sentences and paragraphs, and it tells a story.

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What is a rhyme?

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

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is how the poem rises and falls like 'beats' in music.

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What is a line in a poem?

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A line is a row of one or more words in a poem.

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What is repetition in poetry?

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Repetition is repeating the same word, group of words, or sentence.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language to create mental pictures for the reader.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is an antonym?

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An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is a pair of lines in a poem that usually rhyme.