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These types of poems have syllables arranged 5,7,5; must create a clear picture that will evoke a strong emotional response in the reader 

What is a Haiku?

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, such as the s in 'sleep-song,' 'Where's Waldo,' or 'fast flying fish' is called...

What is alliteration

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A group of lines n a poem is called...

What is a stanza

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Pictures formed in the mind using the five senses create or make up

What is imagery

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A comparison between two different things by saying one thing IS something else is called

What is a metaphor

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Words that are what they sound like, such as buzzing bees are a type of..

What is onomatopoeia 

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Giving human qualities to non-living objects is called...

What is personification

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The use of a word, phrase, sound, or line more than once is called...

What is repetition

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A comparison of two things using like or as is called...

What is a simile

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This is considered a "voice" that talks to readers...

Who is the speaker?

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This is defined as the repetition of vowel sounds within nonrhyming words

What is assonance?

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The repetition of sounds at the ends of lines as in thing and sing, cry and sky, marked by capital letters, like AABA, or ABAB

What is rhyme scheme

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We refer to this as the message about life or human nature the author shares, or the author believes...

What is theme

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This is considered the attitude the writer or poem takes towards the audience, subject, or character.  

What is tone

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The use of extreme exaggeration

What is hyperbole

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This is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage, NOT the feeling put forward by the poet

What is mood

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This type of lyric poem that deals with serious themes, such as justice, truth, or beauty.

What is an Ode

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We refer to this as the repetition of sounds at the ends of words as in thing and sing, cry and sky.  

What is rhyme?

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This type of narrative poem that tells a story and was originally meant to be sung or recited, in modern times, it refers to a slow love song...

What is a ballad?

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Different from assonance, this is when consonant sounds are repeated 

What is consonance

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A type of poem that tells a story

What is a narrative poem

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A poetic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

What is rhythm

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A poem that expresses the feelings or thoughts of a speaker rather than telling a story.

What is lyric poem

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A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, different than rhythm

What is meter

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In poetry, when two verses paired together that have the same meter and rhyme it is called a

What is a couplet

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