Elements of Poetry

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What is a line break?

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Where each line of texts ends

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What is a stanza?

Back

A group of lines within a poem

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What are rhyming words?

Back

Words with the same ending sounds at the end of lines or stanzas

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What is rhythm?

Back

A pattern of stressed syllables that create a beat

Front

What is imagery?

Back

Words that create images that appeal to the senses

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What is alliteration?

Back

The same sound or letter at the beginning of words or lines

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the sound it represents, like buzz and thud

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Repetition

Back

Lines or words that are repeated to stress importance

Front

What type of poem is this example? Options: Narrative, Lyric, Concrete, Acrostic

Back

Concrete

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What type of poem is this example?

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Narrative