Poetry Terms

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What is a symbol?

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Something representing something else.

Front

What describes a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound in a poem?

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Rhythm.

Front

What is a grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a space?

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Stanza.

Front

What is a word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP?

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Onomatopoeia.

Front

What are two lines of poetry that rhyme called?

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Couplet.

Front

What is a poem that tells a story, often with a moral?

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Ballad.

Front

What is a stanza with four lines called?

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Quatrain.

Front

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

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Simile.

Front

What is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things?

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Metaphor.

Front

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

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Alliteration.