Understanding Poetic Elements

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What is Enjambment?

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The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.

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What is Repetition in poetry?

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The repeating of something already said or written.

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What are Rhetorical Questions?

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A question asked without expecting an answer.

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What is Parallelism in poetry?

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When writers repeat grammatically similar words throughout a poem.

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What is a Speaker in poetry?

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The voice that tells the poem.

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Define Stanza.

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often sharing a common rhyme scheme.

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What is a Poetic Line?

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A single line of verse in a poem.

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What are End-stopped Lines?

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Lines that have a pause at the end, often marked by punctuation.

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What is a 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'.