Poems

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How is poetry written?

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Poetry is written in lines and stanzas.

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A line is like a _______ in a poem.

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sentence

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What is personification?

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Personification is when an object or animal takes on human characteristics.

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What figurative language is used in this sentence? "The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"

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Personification

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What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?

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Imagery

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.