Poetry Terms

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is prose?

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Any writing that is not poetry.

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What is meter in poetry?

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The beat of a poem.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.