Poetry

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What is the main idea of a poem?

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The theme is what the author wants you to learn.

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What do we call it when we give human qualities to animals or nonhuman objects?

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This is called personification.

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What is the repetition of beginning sounds in words called?

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This is known as alliteration.

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What do we call words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions?

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These are called onomatopoeia.

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What is the term for the recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line in poetry?

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This is referred to as repetition.

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What is a poem that does not have a specific rhyme scheme or meter?

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This type of poem is called free verse.

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What is a five-line poem with a specific syllable pattern?

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This is known as a cinquain.

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What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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This is called a simile.

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What is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things?

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This is known as a metaphor.

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What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?

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This is called meter.