Poetry & Academic Vocabulary

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is a rhymed pair of lines.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines.

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Who is the speaker in a poem?

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The speaker is the 'voice' that talks in a poem.

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What is personification?

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Personification is giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words. For example: hand, band, land.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the picture the author creates using your five senses.

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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'. For example: Time is a thief.

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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. For example: She sells sea shells.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The theme is the central idea or message that the poem conveys.