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100
Sounds that are alike at the ends of words.
What is rhyme?
100
Comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as".
What is simile?
100
A comparison of two unlike things, without "like" or "as".
What is metaphor?
100
The feeling a poem gives the reader.
What is the mood?
100
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is an alliteration?
200
Use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings.
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
A description of an animal or object as if it were human or had human qualities.
What is personification?
200
A group of lines arranged together, similar to the paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
200
Poems without pattern or stanza, often like a conversation.
What is free verse?
200
The message the poet gives the reader.
What is theme?
300
The way a poem looks on the page, it's shape.
What is form?
300
Measured pattern of the rhythm of a poem.
What is the meter?
300
The beat of a poem, made of patterns of accented and un-accented syllables.
What is rhythm?
300
The voice that talks to the reader, similar to narrator.
Who is the speaker?
300
The repeating of sounds, words, phrases, or lines for an effect.
What is repetition?
400
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses -sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
What is imagery?
400
Arrangement of words in a poem, may or may not be sentences.
What are lines?
400
Words and phrases that help readers picture things in new ways.
What is figurative language?
400
The leaves danced along the sidewalk.
What is personification?
400
The pillow was as soft as a cloud.
What is a simile?
500
Cat, sat, bat, mat
What is rhyme?
500
Sally sold sea shells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
500
Bing, bang, boom, pow
What is an onomatopoeia?
500
The warm, sweet blueberry pie melted in my mouth after the first bite.
What is imagery?
500
Give an example of rhyme in The Sneetches.
What is Sneetches and beaches, eaches, stars and thars.
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