Poetry Terms- Love that Dog

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A sound device in poetry where words imitate sounds, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is free verse?

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A type of poem that does not have a regular rhyme or rhythm.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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What two words does a simile use to compare two unlike things?

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Like and as.

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What are rhyming words?

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Words that end with the same sound, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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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 stanza?

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

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things, like saying 'the wind whispered'.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that creates vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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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.