Elements of Poetry

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What do you call the different patterns of rhymes?

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rhyme scheme

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It refers to a particular sound of a word ending which are similar or repeated within the line or at the end of every line in poetry.

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rhymes

Front

It makes use of particular words that appeal to the different senses.

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imagery

Front

Figurative language using human qualities or actions to describe an inanimate object.

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personification

Front

What rhyme scheme is used in the following nursery rhyme?

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aabbaa

Front

What rhyme scheme is used in the following poem?

aabbcc

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ababcc

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abacab

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abbaca

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ababcc

Front

What imagery or sense does the following line appeal to?

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sight

Front

What imagery or sense does the following sentence appeal to? Options: sight, smell, touch/feel, taste.

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smell

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What is the human quality given to the inanimate object in the sentence: "The vines wove their fingers together to form a braid."

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wove

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What is the inanimate object in the sentence: "The radio sprang to life at the touch of a button."?

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radio