Poetry Unit 3

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What is meter in poetry?

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Meter is the rhythm or pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of a poem.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is when an object or animal is given human characteristics.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, such as in 'Peter Piper picked peppers'.

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What is blank verse?

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Blank verse is unrhymed poetry that has a specific meter, commonly used by Shakespeare.

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is end rhyme?

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End rhyme is when the last words of two or more lines of poetry rhyme with each other.

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What is a sonnet?

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A sonnet is a 14-line poem, typically written in iambic pentameter, with various rhyme schemes.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the natural sound of a thing, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.