Poetry Terms

Front

The way a poem is laid out on the page
is called

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form

Front

A group of lines in a poem is called

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stanza

Front

How many stanzas in the poem: It was July, and the sun
toasted the emerald grass
until it smelled of warmth
and green and life. 
 
It was July, and my heart
soaked up the air warmth 
until it sang of joy
and love and life. 
 

Back

This poem has 2 stanzas

Front

How many lines in the poem: It was July, and the sun toasted the emerald grass until it smelled of warmth and green and life. It was July, and my heart soaked up the air warmth until it sang of joy and love and life.

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8 lines

Front

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood is called

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alliteration

Front

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables is called

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rhythm

Front

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound is called

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rhyme

Front

The use of words that vividly describe a sound (the word mimics the sound) so that readers can clearly "hear" them is called

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onomatopoeia

Front

A figure of speech that suggests a similarity between two different things (usually using "like" or "as") is called

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simile

Front

A figure of speech that offers an exaggerated or extravagant statement (that is not meant to be taken literally) in order to highlight a point is called

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hyperbole