Poetry Terms

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Which word means a basic unit of poetry, similar to a sentence?

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line

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Lines that have a similar sound at the end of the line

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rhyme

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Which word means a fixed number of lines of verse (poetry) forming a unit of a poem?

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stanza

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Images that are created in the mind while reading or looking at art

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imagery

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Formal arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem

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rhyme scheme

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Which word means a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as?

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simile

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Which word means a comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another thing?

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metaphor

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Which word means a group of four lines of verse (poetry)?

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quatrain

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Which word means a poem used to show the differences between two opposites and uses a specific pattern?
Options: diamante, quatrain, imagery, rhyme

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diamante

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Which word means poems do not rhyme and sound like normal speech?

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free verse