Poetry Elements

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What are the two main structural components of a poem?

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Lines and stanzas.

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What is the theme of a poem?

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The message someone is trying to convey.

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True or False: Stanzas are like paragraphs in a poem.

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True.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A pattern of rhyming words.

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What structure is poetry written in?

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Lines and stanzas.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem.

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What does it mean for a poem to have a rhyme?

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It means that certain lines end with words that sound similar.

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What is the purpose of imagery in poetry?

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To create vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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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.'

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'