Poetry

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What structure is poetry written in?

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Lines & stanzas

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rhyme

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The repetition of an ending sound.

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alliteration

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The repetition of a beginning letter sound.

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What device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"?

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Simile

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What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

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Metaphor

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What device is used here:
Good as gold
Busy bee
Living the life

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Alliteration

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What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."

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Rhyme

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What are words that imitate sounds?

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onomatopoeia

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Which poetry term refers to a group of lines arranged together in a poem?

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Stanza

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Onomatopoeias, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, idioms, and personification are all types of...

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figurative language