Poetry Elements

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Groups of lines are called ______.

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stanzas

Front

What structure is poetry written in?

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lines & stanzas

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Onomatopoeia

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sound words

Front

Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration? Options: metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole

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hyperbole

Front

What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing? Options: hyperbole, personification, alliteration, idiom

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personification

Front

What device is a comparison of two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

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metaphor

Front

What sound device is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"?

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simile

Front

Define "rhyme."

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the repetition of an ending sound

Front

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

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False

Front

What is the narrator of a poem called?

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speaker