Elements of Poetry

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle.'

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What is Rhyme?

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Rhyme refers to words that have the same ending sound, such as 'cat' and 'hat.'

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What is Rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the musical quality or beat of a poem, created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a literary device that gives human qualities to non-human things, like saying 'the wind whispered.'

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True or False: Figurative language helps readers to visualize.

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True. Figurative language uses comparisons and descriptions to create images in the reader's mind.

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

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What is a Simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as,' such as 'as brave as a lion.'

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What is a Metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things without using 'like' or 'as,' such as 'time is a thief.'

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What is a Stanza?

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

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What is Imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, helping readers to visualize scenes.