Poetry Terms

Poems can be written in many different forms!

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What is imagery?

• Imagery is when words and phrases appeal to one or more of the five senses.

• Imagery is when you use a lot of words.

• Imagery is when you imagine things.

• Imagery is when words and phrases describe something in the most simple manner possible.

Which image best point to a stanza of a poem?

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What is a stanza?

• A stanza is a verse of a poem. It is a group of lines in a poem, which are separated by a space.

• A stanza of a poem and a line of a poem are exactly the same.

• A stanza is an entire poem.

• A stanza has many lines in a poem and is not separated by a space.

What is the key importance of a stanza?

• Stanzas are there just to make the poem look nice.

• If there are many stanzas, it means the poem is very well written and descriptive.

• When you move from one stanza to another, you’re going from one idea to another.

• There is no key importance of a stanza.

What is a sound device?

(Trick question. Think carefully)

• An element of poetry that uses the spelling of words to make images more engaging and memorable.

• An element of poetry that uses the sounds of words to make images more engaging and memorable.

• An element of poetry that uses visuals to make images more engaging and memorable.

• An element of poetry that uses only repetition of words to make images more engaging and memorable.

What does repetition mean?

• Repetition is the use of many vocabulary words.

• Repetition is when the author uses a a lot of visuals.

• Repetition is the use of a sound, phrase, or line more than once. It is when something is being repeated.

• Repetition is when you have a lot of imagery in the poem. It's descriptive.

What is a rhyme?

An example of words that rhyme: bed and red.

• The repetition of similar spelling at the end of a word.

• The repetition of similar sounds at the end of a word.

• The repetition of similar sounds at the start of a word.

• The repetition of different sounds at the end of a word.

Which is an internal rhyme?

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Select all the images that have a poem with an end rhyme?

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