Poetry Elements

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Her eyes are as sparkly as diamonds.'

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things without using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'His temper was a roaring lion.'

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words. For example, 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes. Examples include 'buzz', 'bang', and 'sizzle'.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of lines in poems. For example, 'The cat on the mat sat with the bat.'

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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, usually described using letters to indicate which lines rhyme.

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What is a verse in poetry?

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A verse is a single line of poetry. It is a fundamental building block of a poem.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines within a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.