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Poetry Study Set
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Line in Poetry | a fundamental unit |
| What is a Stanza in Poetry | a grouping of lines that forms the main unit |
| What is a Rhyme in Poetry | the correspondence of sounds in words or lines |
| What is a Rhyme Scheme in Poetry | pattern of rhymes falling at the ends of a poem’s lines. |
| What is Alliteration in Poetry | The repetition of a constant sound particularly in the beginning |
| What is Imagery in Poetry | language in a poem representing a sensory experience, |
| What is Symbolism in Poetry | an object or action that stands for something beyond itself. |
| What is Irony in Poetry | a device involving contradictions of expectation or knowledge and divided into three primary types: verbal, situational, and dramatic. |
| What is a Connotation in Poetry | or suggested meaning (FEELING) associated with a word or phrase. |
| What is a Denotatio in Poetry | dictionary meaning of a word. |
| What is Repetition in Poetry | repeating the same word multiple times |
| What is a Simile in Poetry | using like or as to compare two things |
| What is a Metaphor in Poetry | comparing two things but not using like or as |
| What is a Hyperbole in Poetry | an exaggeration |
| What is Personification in Poetry | giving human characteristics to NONHUMAN things |
| What is Idiom in Poetry | A figure of speech in which the literal meaning does not match the figurative meaning. |
| What is Oxymoron in Poetry | two words that are opposite in meaning used together. |
| What is Onomatopoeia in Poetry | the use of language that sounds like the thing or action it describes. |
| What is Allusion in Poetry | a reference to a person, event, or literary work outside the poem. |