5th grade Reading STAAR Review Elements of Poetry

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is free verse poetry?

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Free verse poetry is a form of poetry that does not have a fixed pattern or structure, allowing poets to arrange words freely.

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What is a stanza in poetry?

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A stanza is a group of consecutive lines in a poem that forms a single unit, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is sensory language?

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Sensory language uses details from the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create vivid imagery in writing.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an imaginative comparison between two different things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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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 the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a couplet?

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

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What is a sonnet?

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A sonnet is a 14-line poem that typically follows a specific rhyme scheme and meter, often exploring themes of love.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a literary device where a word imitates the sound it represents, such as 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is lyrical poetry?

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Lyrical poetry expresses personal emotions or thoughts, often in a musical style, and is typically shorter than narrative poetry.