Elements of Poetry

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other, without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'Time is a thief.'

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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'. Example: 'Her smile is like the sun.'

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind, appealing to the five senses.

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech that gives human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas. Example: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is rhyme?

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The repetition of similar sounds, usually at the end of lines in poems. Example: 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The central idea or message that the poem conveys.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words. Example: 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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What is an exaggerated statement called?

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Hyperbole. Example: 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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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 couplet?

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A pair of lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.