Poetry

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What is poetry?

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writing that uses patterns of sound, imagery and figurative language

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Why do people write poetry?

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to express feelings and ideas better than you can in prose

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Measuring a poem's rhythm to see how many syllables are in each line and the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is called?

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meter

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The repetition of similar sounds, usually at the end of a line of poetry, is called

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rhyme

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Which is NOT an example of poetry you've been exposed to in everyday life?

nursery rhymes

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short stories

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song lyrics

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short stories

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The pattern of rhyme, identified by marking the pattern with a different letter for each rhyme (ABAB) is called

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rhyme scheme

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A poem that uses no rhyme scheme or meter, and the lines are broken up as the poet sees fit is called a(n)

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free verse poem

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The repeating of a sound or word for emphasis is called.. (Poe used this a lot when he said, "Louder, louder, louder...")

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repetition

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The repeating of a consonant sound at the beginning, such as Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper, is called

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alliteration

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Giving human characteristics to something that is non-human is called

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personification