Poetry Terms

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme refers to lines in poetry that have a similar sound at the end.

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What sense does the phrase 'The leaves were crunching under my feet' appeal to?

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It appeals to the sense of hearing.

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What sense does the phrase 'The flashing lights of the police car alerted us' appeal to?

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It appeals to the sense of sight.

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What sense does the phrase 'I was surrounded with the aroma of homemade cookies' appeal to?

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It appeals to the sense of smell.

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What is free verse?

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Free verse is a type of poetry that does not have a fixed meter or rhyme scheme.

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What is an acrostic poem?

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An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message.

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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 a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.