Poetry Terms

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Which word refers to a basic unit of poetry, similar to a sentence?

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line

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Which word refers to lines that have a similar sound at the end?

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rhyme

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Which word means a fixed number of lines of verse (poetry) forming a unit of a poem?

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stanza

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Which word refers to images that are created in the mind while reading or looking at art?

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imagery

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Pattern of repeated rhyming words in a stanza or poem

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rhyme scheme

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Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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simile

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What do we call a group of four lines in each stanza of a poem?

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quatrain

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When poets use the same form or series of lines or stanzas to link or compare two ideas, this is called...

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parallel structure

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Which word describes poems that do not rhyme and sound like normal speech?

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free verse

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Which word refers to a poem where the first letters of each line form a word or phrase?

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acrostic