Poetry Terms and Concepts

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What distinguishes poetry from prose?

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Poetry is written in lines and stanzas, but prose is written in sentences and paragraphs.

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When two or more lines of poetry have the same end sound, they...

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rhyme.

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What is the term for FOUR lines of poetry that have a rhyming pattern?

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a quatrain.

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Sad, mysterious, and joyful are all possible examples of...

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a poem's tone.

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What makes a ballad poem unique?

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Ballad poems tell a story.

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What is a stanza in poetry?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is a pair of lines in a poem that usually rhyme.

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What is the theme of a poem?

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The theme is the central idea or message that the poem conveys.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.