Unit 3- Poetry Review

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What is Alliteration?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words. For example: Busy, body, baby.

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What is the meaning of the word "They're"?

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A contraction of "they are".

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What is a Hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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What is a Quatrain?

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A stanza with 4 lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.

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What is a couplet?

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A pair of consecutive lines that form a complete thought or idea, usually rhyming.

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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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Giving human-like characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas.

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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 imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates visual representations in the reader's mind.