Elements of Poetry

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What is imagery?

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Words that create images that appeal to the senses.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines within a poem.

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What are rhyming words?

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Words with the same ending sounds at the end of lines or stanzas.

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What is alliteration?

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The same sound or letter at the beginning of words or lines.

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What type of poem is a lyric poem?

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A poem that expresses personal feelings or thoughts.

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What is a metaphor?

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

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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.'

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What is a poem?

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A piece of writing that expresses feelings, ideas, or tells a story in a specific form.

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What is a concrete poem?

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A poem that is shaped like its subject.

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What is an acrostic poem?

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A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message.