Poetry

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What structure is poetry written in?

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Lines & stanzas

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What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?

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Personification

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What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

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Metaphor

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Define 'rhyme.'

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The repetition of an ending sound.

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'Her smile was as bright as sunshine.' This is an example of...

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Simile

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What is a stanza?

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

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.