Poetry Review

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What do you call a poem that has no clear rhyme scheme?

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Free Verse

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What does annotation require?

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Personal notes about the subject matter, identification of figurative language, identification of unknown words.

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What is tone in poetry?

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How the author feels about the subject matter.

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What is allusion?

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A reference to another literary text in a piece of literature.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that evokes sensory experience.

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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 unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities.

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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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What is a theme in poetry?

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The central idea or message conveyed by the poem.