Narrative Poetry and Poetic Elements

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What is mood in poetry?

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The feeling you get as you listen to a poem.

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What is narrative poetry?

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A poem that tells a story.

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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The musical quality created by the stressed and unstressed words and syllables of the poem; beat.

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What is plot in a story?

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What happens in a story, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

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What are characters in a story?

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The people or animals in a story that take part in the action.

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What is tone in poetry?

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The attitude or emotional quality of the poem.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.

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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 a rhyme scheme?

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The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

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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'.