Elements of Poetry

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What is figurative language?

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Figurative language is saying one thing, but meaning something else or something more.

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What does rhyme mean?

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Rhyme means that a word ends in the same sound as another word.

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What is free verse in poetry?

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Free verse is poetry that does not have any rhyme patterns or any stanza patterns.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate sounds, like 'pow', 'meow', 'arf', 'buzz', and 'cheep-cheep'.

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What is repetition in poetry?

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Repetition is when a poet repeats the same word or group of words or sentence in a poem.

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What is alliteration?

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

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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 metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.