Poetry Elements

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two seemingly unlike things.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is rhyme in poetry?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds, often at the end of lines in poems.

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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 assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

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What is an idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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What is consonance?

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Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity within a sentence or phrase.

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What is the purpose of imagery in poetry?

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Imagery uses descriptive language to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind.