Poetry & Academic Vocabulary

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is two or more lines of poetry that together form a unit of the poem.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines.

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What does tone mean in poetry?

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Tone is a speaker’s attitude toward his/her subject.

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What is the theme of a poem?

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The theme is the message, underlying meaning, or main idea an author wants to convey to the reader.

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What is repetition in poetry?

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Repetition is a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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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 to create a picture in the reader's mind.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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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.

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What is a couplet?

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