Elements of Poetry

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What are the three main forms of poetry?

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Lyric, narrative, and descriptive.

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What is personification?

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A device that gives human qualities to non-human things.

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What is alliteration?

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Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

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What is the theme of a poem?

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The central or main idea of a poem.

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What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'The snow kissed her nose'?

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Personification.

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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 a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing, e.g., 'buzz', 'whisper'.

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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 sensory language?

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Language that appeals to the senses and helps create a vivid picture in the reader's mind.