Poetry Review

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What is personification?

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Giving something human characteristics.

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What is a symbol of peace?

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A dove.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).

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What are symbols used for in poetry?

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They represent different things or ideas.

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What gives human qualities to something that is non-human?

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Personification.

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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 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 scheme?

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