Poetic Terms

Front

What is a group of lines arranged together in a poem?

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Stanza

Front

What is a comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

Front

What term refers to words that imitate sounds?

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?

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Imagery

Front

What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem?

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Repetition

Front

What is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

Front

What is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

Front

What is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem?

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Rhyme Scheme

Front

What is the rhythmic structure of a poem, determined by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables?

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Meter

Front

What is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of words, often used in poetry?

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Rhyme