Elements of Poetry

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What is personification?

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A literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things or abstract ideas.

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Which sentence shows personification?

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The leaves danced in the wind.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem separated by a blank line space.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes.

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Where would we mostly see an onomatopoeia?

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With a verb.

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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.

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Which sentence is a metaphor?

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The room was a freezer.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Using the five senses to create a picture in the reader's mind.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is the purpose of rhyme in poetry?

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To create a musical quality and enhance the flow of the poem.