What is alliteration?

repetition of words with the same beginning sounds

Groups of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph

the pattern of beats or stressed syllables in a poem

What is onomatopoeia?

Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"

Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses

What is personification?

Figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities

Something that is said or written that means the opposite

direct comparison between two unlike things

Repeating something over and over again

the central, main idea of the poem.

Words that have the same ending sounds

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What is alliteration?
repetition of words with the same beginning sounds
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses
A poem's appearance
something that is said or written that means the opposite
2
What is a stanza?
Groups of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph
Something that is said or written that means the opposite
A single line of poetry
Words that have the same ending sounds
3
What is rhythm?
the pattern of beats or stressed syllables in a poem
words that have the same ending sounds
something that is said or written that means the opposite
repetition of words with the same beginning sounds
4
What is onomatopoeia?
The appearance of the poem
Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to
repetition of words with the same beginning sounds
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's 5 senses
5
What is verse?
a single line of poetry
a pattern of beats or stressed syllables in a poem
words that have the same ending sounds
repeating something over and over again
6
what is a simile?
a direct comparison between two unlike things
something that is said or written that means the opposite
comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
the central, main idea of the poem
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What is form?
Words that sounds like the objects or actions they refer to
Groups of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph
A direct comparison of two unlike things
The appearance of a poem
8
What is imagery?
Repetition of words with the same beginning sounds
Figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses
The appearance of the poem
9
What is personification?
The central, main idea of the poem
A single line of poetry
Figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities
Groups of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph
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What is irony?
The central, main idea of the poem
Something that is said or written that means the opposite
Figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities
a single line of poetry
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What is metaphor?
something that is said or written that means the opposite
direct comparison between two unlike things
words that have the same ending sounds
comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as"
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What is repetition?
Figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities
Repeating something over and over again
Something that is said or written that means the opposite
Words that have the same ending sounds
13
What is theme?
the writer's attitude toward the subject
the central, main idea of the poem.
a direct comparison between two unlike things
a contrast between appearance and reality
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What is rhyme?
Words that have the same ending sounds
The pattern of beats or stressed syllables in a poem
Repeating something over and over again
Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"

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