Poetry Elements

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What is a stanza in a poem?

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Lines grouped together like a paragraph.

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Name two different words that rhyme.

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Examples: Long and wrong, decide and inside.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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When words are used to make pictures in your mind (usually uses the five senses).

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What is the author's point of view?

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How the author thinks and feels about a topic.

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What is the definition of repetition?

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When the words or phrases are repeated.

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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 simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things 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 sequence of words.

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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.

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract concepts.