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 without using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Time is a thief.'

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a Metaphor?

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My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.

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What is Rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the repeating patterns of sounds in a poem.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a literary device where non-living objects are given human-like qualities.

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What are words with a similar ending sound called?

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Rhyme.

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What is Humorous Poetry?

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A poem that uses funny words to describe a topic.

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What is a Simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'She is as brave as a lion.'

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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, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

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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 a Limerick?

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A limerick is a humorous five-line poem with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme (AABBA).