Poetry Vocabulary Flashcard

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device that gives human qualities to something that is nonhuman.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is 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 simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, such as 'lovely lonely lights'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the natural sound of a thing, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the pattern of sounds and beats in a poem, created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is a narrative poem?

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A narrative poem tells a story and includes characters, a plot, and a setting.

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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 and creates mental images.

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What is a stanza?

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

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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, often described using letters.