Poetry Terms

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What is the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words called?

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Consonance

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What do we call the repeating of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in poetry?

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Repetition

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What is the term for the similarity of ending sounds existing between two words?

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Rhyme

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Which of the following is an example of assonance? "The moose and the goose are loose."

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

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What is a group of poetic lines called?

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Stanza

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What is the term for a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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What is personification in poetry?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities.

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What is the term for the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?

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Meter

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What is an example of end rhyme?

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When the last words of two or more lines rhyme, such as 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is the term for a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things?

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Metaphor