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poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| poems are usually divided into lines then grouped together called | stanzas or verses |
| describe one thing as it was something else | metaphors |
| gives human qualities to something that is not human | personification |
| uses LIKE or AS to compare two apparently unlike things | similes |
| a _ _ _ _ _ _ is anything that represents something else | symbol |
| is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words | alliteration |
| is the use of any element of language-a sound a word a phrase a clause or a sentence-more than once | repetition |
| is the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables | assonate |
| is the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables | consonance |
| is the use of that imitate sounds | onomatopoeia |
| is the repetition of sounds at the end of words | rhyme |
| is the rhythmical pattern in a poem | meter |
| poetry tells a story in verse. narrative poems often have elements similar to those in short stories such as plot and character | narrative |
| is a three line Japanese verse form. first and third line have 5 syllables and the second line has seven syllables | haiku |
| has no meter, rhyme, fixed line length or specific stanza pattern | free verse |
| poetry expresses the thoughts and feeling of a single speaker | lyric |
| are song like poems that tell a story often dealing with adventure and romance | ballads |
| poems are shaped to look like their subjects | concrete |
| are humorous rhyming five line poems with a specific rhyme pattern and scheme | limericks |
| are pairs of rhyming lines usually of the same meter and lenght | rhyming couplets |
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