Poetic Devices

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is when two or more words have the same ending sound, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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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', such as 'as brave as a lion'.

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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, like 'Betty Botter bought butter'.

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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', such as 'time is a thief'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is giving human traits or qualities to non-human things, like saying 'the wind whispered'.

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the pattern of sounds and beats in a poem, creating a musical quality.

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What is a stanza?

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

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What is imagery?

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Imagery is descriptive language that creates vivid pictures in the reader's mind, appealing to the senses.

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is two lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter.