Poetry Terminology

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Repetition of vowel sounds within words is known as...

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assonance

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A line of poetry that carries onto the next line without any punctuation is called...

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enjambment

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Sounds 's', 'sh' or 'z' are called...

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sibilance, sibilant sounds

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A complete pause in the middle of a line of poetry is called...

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caesura

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Repetition of the sound at the beginning of words is called...

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alliteration

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A 'paragraph' in a poem is called a ...?

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stanza

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Iambic pentameter is an example of a...

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rhythm

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An end-stopped line of poetry is a line that finishes with a full-stop, an exclamation mark or what other type of punctuation?

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question mark

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Patterns like 'a,b,b,a' or 'a,b,c,b' show what in a poem?

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rhyme, rhymes, rhyme scheme, the rhyme scheme

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A line in a poem is called a...

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verse.