poetry

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space.

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What is rhyme?

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When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is a line in poetry?

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A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

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What is a poem?

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A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.

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What is 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 different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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The pattern of sounds and silences in a poem, often created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is alliteration?

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