Poetry elements

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What is 1st person point of view in poetry?

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The speaker uses the pronouns I, me, and my to tell the events in the poem.

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Alliteration

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Two or more words that start with the same beginning sound.

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What is meter?

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The rhythm of the rhyming words and the syllables in a poem.

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a poem separated from other stanzas by a space

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Which is an example of a simile?
Options: On toothpick legs, Swift and brittle, I stick a stick in termite heaps, Fireflies dance at dusk, Teeth like jackhammers

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Teeth like jackhammers

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What is an example of metaphor? Options: A brown boomerang, my dog flies off, Like tents collapsed for storage, I chew through concrete for fun, The grasshopper springs and catches the summer wind

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A brown boomerang, my dog flies off

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What is an example of alliteration?

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Juicy June bugs, meaty moths

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What is a Haiku?

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A poem with 3 lines that have 5-7-5 syllables

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What is lyric poetry?

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A poem that has rhyming words, meter, and expresses feelings

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What is an example of an appositive? Options: My favorite poem is Sandpiper., My favorite poem, Sandpiper, is a lyric poem., Sandpiper is my favorite poem., I like poems about the beach so Sandpiper is my favorite poem.

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My favorite poem, Sandpiper, is a lyric poem.