Poetry

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What is Free Verse in poetry?

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Poetry that does not have a set rhyming pattern.

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What is the narrator of a poem called?

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Speaker

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What poetic device is used in the phrase 'My four-legged friend always makes me feel happy'?

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Alliteration

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What poetic device is used in the phrases 'Good as gold', 'Busy bee', and 'Living the life'?

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Alliteration

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What is personification?

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An object or animal taking on human characteristics.

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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 a stanza in poetry?

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A grouped set of lines within a poem, often separated by a space.

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What is 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 imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.