Poetry

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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'. For example, 'Her eyes are as sparkly as a diamond.'

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Time is a thief.'

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What is personification?

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A literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals or nonhuman objects. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is a stanza?

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A grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is free verse?

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A type of poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words. For example, 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes. For example, 'buzz', 'hiss', or 'clang'.

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What is a haiku?

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A traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5.

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What is a limerick?

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A humorous poem consisting of five lines with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme (AABBA).

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What is a cinquain?

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A five-line poem that follows a specific syllable count or word count.