Poetry

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is a type of figurative language that creates a picture in your head using the five senses.

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What does poetry express?

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Poetry expresses feelings, thoughts, and ideas.

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the flow and beat of a poem that makes it sound like music.

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What is repetition in poetry?

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Repetition is when the same word is used many times in a poem.

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What is personification?

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Personification is giving human qualities to nonliving things, such as saying 'The leaves danced in the wind.'

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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 'like' or 'as.' For example, 'as brave as a lion.'

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things without using 'like' or 'as.' For example, 'Time is a thief.'

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, such as 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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What is rhyme in poetry?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in a poem.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.