Poetry Terms

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What is poetry?

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A form of literary expression that uses rhythmic and aesthetic qualities of language to evoke meanings.

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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 from other stanzas.

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What is a rhyme?

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The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of lines in poems.

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What is alliteration?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Words that phonetically imitate, resemble, or suggest the sound that they describe.

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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 personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract concepts.

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What is a haiku?

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A traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

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What is a ballad?

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A form of verse, often a narrative set to music, that tells a story.