Poetry Scavenger Hunt Review

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What is poetry?

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A type of literature where the sound and meaning of language are combined to create ideas, images, and feelings.

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Who is a person that writes poems?

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A poet.

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What do we call the voice telling the poem?

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The speaker.

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What is a metaphor?

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Comparing two unlike things NOT using like or as.

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What is personification?

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When something non-human is given human qualities, like 'the sky is crying.'

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What is a simile?

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Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that creates vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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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 an idiom?

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A phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words.