Poetry Unit Terms Study

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What are stanzas in poetry?

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Groupings of lines; may be uniform in number of lines/shape in more formal poetry and inconsistent in free verse.

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What is mood in poetry?

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The atmosphere of a poem's setting.

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What is the rhyme scheme of the poem 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'?

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aa bb aa.

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What is an iamb?

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A rhythmic foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.

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What is formal verse in poetry?

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Poetry that is fixed with established patterns.

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What is free verse?

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Poetry that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities or abstract concepts.