Poetry

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is when words have ending sounds that are similar to one another, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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Do all poems have to rhyme?

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False, not all poems must rhyme.

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What is a haiku?

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A haiku is a poem that has 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

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What is a poem?

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A poem is a piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines, often with a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.

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What is a stanza?

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

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the pattern of sounds in a poem, created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is free verse?

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Free verse is a type of poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

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What is a limerick?

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A limerick is a humorous poem with a specific structure of 5 lines and a rhyme scheme of AABBA.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

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What is figurative language?

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Figurative language uses words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation, often to create imagery.