Poetry and Structure

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What is the term for a stanza with eight lines?

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Octave

Front

What device is used in the phrases: Good as gold, Busy bee, Living the life?

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Alliteration

Front

What type of figurative device is the following line? 'His tears fell like raindrops in a storm'.

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Simile

Front

Crash, ZOINK, Moo, BOOM, and POP are examples of what?

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Which term describes a stanza with six lines?

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Sestet

Front

What is a stanza?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space.

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without 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 a quatrain?

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A stanza or poem of four lines.