Poetry Terms

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What is Meter in poetry?

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The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is an Allusion?

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A reference to a literary or historical person, place, or event.

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What is Alliteration?

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A comparison between two objects not using like or as.

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What is a Simile?

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A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as 'like', 'as', or 'than'.

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What is Personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract concepts.

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What is Imagery in poetry?

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

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What is Theme in poetry?

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The central idea or message conveyed in a poem.

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What is Assonance?

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The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

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What is a Stanza?

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