Poetry Vocabulary Lesson 6-10

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What is a rhyme scheme?

Back

The pattern of rhyming sounds that comes at the end of each line or stanza in poetry.

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What is personification?

Back

Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What are slant rhymes?

Back

Rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical.

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What does the simile 'as fiery as a volcano' mean?

Back

It means someone gets really angry.

Front

Which of the following is an example of personification?

Back

The trees danced in the wind.

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.

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What is imagery in poetry?

Back

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a mental picture.

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What is a haiku?

Back

A form of Japanese poetry that consists of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.