Poetic Devices and Free Verse Analysis

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Define mood

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The reader's feelings.

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What literary device is used when the beginning sounds of words repeat?

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Alliteration.

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What type of literary device uses words that imitate sounds?

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Onomatopoeia.

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What term describes the way the words look on the page?

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Form.

Front

Which line of poetry displays onomatopoeia?

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I listened to the frogs croak and the geese squawk.

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Define alliteration.

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely placed words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A literary device where words imitate natural sounds.

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Define free verse.

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A type of poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter.

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What is a stanza?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space.

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Define metaphor.

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