Poetry

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What is poetry?

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Poetry is a type of writing that expresses feelings, ideas, or tells a story in a creative way, often using rhythm and rhyme.

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How is poetry written?

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Poetry is written in lines and stanzas.

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What gives poetry a musical quality?

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Rhythm gives poetry a musical quality.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines arranged together in a poem.

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Why are words or phrases repeated in poems?

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Words or phrases are repeated in poems to emphasize or make them stand out.

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What is a rhyme?

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A rhyme is when two or more words have the same ending sound.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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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'.

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What is a poet?

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A poet is a person who writes poetry.