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Poetry is...
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A group of related lines in a poem, like a paragraph.

What is a stanza?

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This refers to the use of words whose sound suggests the sense. (Zoom, zap, bap.)

What is onomatopoeia?

100

This is a repetition of similar sounds (or the same sound) in two or more words.

What is rhyme?

100

This type of poem tells a story, often making use of the voices of the narrator and the characters as well.

What is a narrative poem?

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The narrator of a poem.
What is the speaker?
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This is the repetition of the same beginning sound, like in tongue twister.

What is alliteration?

200

a group of words on a one line of a poem

What is a Line?

200

This type of poetry uses wit, wisdom, and humor.

What is humorous poetry?

300

This is a figure of speech in which a thing, and idea, or an animal is given human attributes.

What is personification?

300

A two line stanza

What is a Couplet?

300
"She was as bright as a star." This is an example of....

What is a Simile? 

300

This is a statement or a question with a hidden meaning that forms a puzzle to be solved.

What is a riddle?

400

This is the use of any of the five senses in a poem.

What is imagery?

400

Exaggeration often used for emphasis.

What is a hyperbole?

400

This is a figure of speech that compares two things that aren't alike. (An eraser is as pink as a pig.)

What is a simile?

400

This type of poem has no real rhythm or rhyme.

What is free verse?

500

What is the pattern or rhythm of the poem, focusing on syllables?

What is meter?

500

a comparison of who things using like or as.

What is a simile?

500

This is a comparison between two things that replaces the word or name for one object with that of another. (Our lights are rainbows.)

What is a metaphor?

500

This type of poetry expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person (I).

What is lyric poetry?

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