Elements of Poetry

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Figurative Language

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The use of words that go beyond their literal or actual meaning.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates a sound

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What is the mood of the passage: “Did a shadow fall across the moon or did the moon simply go out, extinguished as abruptly and completely as a candle? There was still the sound of leaves, a terrified, terrifying rushing. All light was gone. Darkness was complete. Suddenly the wind was gone, and all sound. Meg felt that Calvin was being torn from her. When she reached for him her fingers touched nothing.”

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Frightening

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Which element of poetry is used in the line: "Seven snakes slithered silently"?

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Alliteration

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What do poems evoke to set an atmosphere or tone for the reader?

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Mood

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A vivid description using the five senses.

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imagery

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"The wind whined through the willows" is an example of:

Simile

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Tone

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Alliteration

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Repetition

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Alliteration

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

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stanza

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Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem create what?

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Meter

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Which line uses hyperboles to express the author's feelings?

'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs

From ten thousand lightning bugs

As they tried to teach me how to dance

A foxtrot above my head

A sock hop beneath my bed

A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

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Cause I'd get a thousand hugs