Poetry Terms

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What is rhyme?

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repetition of sounds at the end of words

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What is meter?

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The beat of a poem

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a poem

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What is alliteration?

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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What is a simile?

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A comparison that uses like or as

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison without using like or as

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which an object is given human traits

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Assonance

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A repetition of vowel sounds

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What is a couplet?

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Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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What is a ballad?

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A poem narrating a story in short stanzas