Elements of Poetry

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What is Mood/Tone in Poetry?

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The feeling the reader gets from reading the poem.

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What does Rhythm mean in a poem?

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A musical quality or beat.

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What is Imagery in Poetry?

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Vivid description using the 5 senses.

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What is Rhyme?

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Words that end with the same sound.

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What is Assonance?

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Words that have the same middle sound.

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What is a Stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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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 unlike 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 series of words.

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What is Personification?

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Giving human qualities to non-human things.