Poetry Terms no MC

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What is a sonnet?

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A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter, typically with a specific rhyme scheme.

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What is an octave in poetry?

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An octave is a stanza or poem consisting of eight lines.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human entities or abstract concepts.

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words in a line of poetry.

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What is synecdoche?

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Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

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What is iambic pentameter?

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Iambic pentameter is a type of poetic meter that consists of five iambs (an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable) per line.

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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 alliteration?

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

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is a pair of consecutive lines of poetry that typically rhyme and have the same meter.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things by stating one is the other.