Poetry

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other, e.g., 'The snow is a white blanket.'

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What is the structure of poetry?

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Poetry is written in lines and stanzas.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'Her smile is like the sun.'

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What is personification?

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A literary device where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas, e.g., 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What are sound devices in poetry?

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Techniques used to create musical effects in poetry, such as rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, and assonance.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words, e.g., 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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What is rhyme?

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The repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in poetry, e.g., 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is the speaker in a poem?

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The voice or persona that narrates the poem, not necessarily the author.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images, e.g., 'The golden sun set over the calm, blue sea.'

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What is a stanza?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.