Poetry

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Her smile was as bright as sunshine.'

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts. For example, 'The wind sadly whispered through the trees.'

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate the natural sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Examples include 'boom', 'bang', and 'smash'.

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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 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 sound in a series of words. For example, 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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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. It is similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is a sonnet?

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A sonnet is a 14-line poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme and is often written in iambic pentameter.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables of two or more words, often used in poetry.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery refers to descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid mental pictures for the reader.

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What is theme in poetry?

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