Features of poetry

Fleet feet sweep by sleeping streets

The last two words are an example of:

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• alliteration and personification

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Buzz! Boom! Baa!

are all examples of:

• literal words

• figurative words

• onomatopeia

• assonance

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The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

• Theme
• Tone
• Verse
• Hyperbole

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A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse

• Lines
• Chorus
• Stanza
• Refrain

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What is another word for the beat?

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• alliteration

• imagery

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What is it called when two or more nearby words have the same sound at the beginning?

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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The moon smiled down on us.

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• Rhythm

• Structure

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A paragraph of poetry is called a _______.

• line
• verse
• paragraph
• stanza

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The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line.

• rhythm
• couplet
• repetition
• rhyme scheme

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What is personification?

• ABAB rhyme scheme
• Comparing two objects
• Giving human-like features to objects/animals
• Creating visuals for readers can see what the poet is describing

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