Elements of Poetry Vocabulary

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What is a basic structural component of a poem?

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A line.

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Do all poems have to rhyme?

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False.

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What do we call words that have the same ending sounds?

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Rhyme.

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What is a hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

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What describes the beat, sound, and feel of a poem?

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Rhythm.

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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 the theme of a poem?

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The main idea or underlying message of the poem.

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech where human qualities are given to non-human objects.

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison between two unlike things without 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 series of words.