Poetry & Academic Vocabulary

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines.

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What is hyperbole?

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Exaggeration to create an effect.

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What is a couplet?

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A rhymed pair of lines.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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The use of words to imitate sounds they describe.

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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A steady pattern of sounds, words, musical notes that is used in poetry and dancing.

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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 simile?

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A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is imagery?

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Language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.