Understanding Stanzas and Lines in Poetry

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What is the blank space that divides a stanza?

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Stanza break

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What do you call a group of lines in a poem?

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Stanza

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What is a word with the sound associated with what it is named (like buzz or boom)?

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Onomatopoeia

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What are words or phrases that mean more than their literal definitions?

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Figurative language

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What do you call words and phrases that describe how something looks, sounds, smells, tastes, or feels?

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Sensory details

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What is a line in poetry?

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A single row of words in a poem.

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What is the purpose of a stanza in poetry?

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To group lines together that share a common theme or idea.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between 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 different things using 'like' or 'as'.