Poetry

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What is a simile?

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It compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a rhyme?

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A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of lines in poems.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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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 personification?

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Personification is giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.

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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 the theme of a poem?

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The theme is the central idea or message that the poem conveys.

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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 and creates mental images.

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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.

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What is an acrostic poem?

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An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message.