Question 1

Speaker

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every poem has a speaker or a voice, that talks to the reader

Question 2

line

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a row of words that may or may not form complete sentences.

Question 3

Stanza

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a group of lines forming a unit

Question 4

Rhythm

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the pattern of beats or sounds created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line

Question 5

meter

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A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm.

Question 6

End rhyme

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occurs at the ends of lines of poetry.

Question 7

Rhyme

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The repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words.

Question 8

Internal rhyme

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occurs within a single line

Question 9

Rhyme scheme

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The pattern that end rhymes form in a stanza or poem. This pattern is designated by the assignment of a different letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme

Question 10

assonance

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the repetition of similar vowel sounds.

Question 11

Alliteration

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the repetition of similar vowel sounds. The repetition of consonant sounds, generally at the beginnings of words.

Question 12

Onomatopoeia

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The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes

Question 13

imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

Question 14

Figure of speech

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is a word or expression that is not meant to be read literally

Question 15

Simile

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A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare seemingly unlike things

Question 16

Metaphor

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makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things, but does not use like or as

Question 17

Personification

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human characteristics are given to an animal, object, or idea.

Question 18

Sensory imagery

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writing or speech that appeals to the five senses

Question 19

Quatrains

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a stanza of a poem made up of four lines, usually with a definite rhythm and rhyme scheme

Question 20

Couplets

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a pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter

Question 21

Allusion

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a reference to a well known person, place, event or literary work

Question 22

Symbol

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any object, person, place or experience that means more than what it really is

Question 23

Irony

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exists when the actual outcome of a situation is the opposite of some one's expectations

Question 24

Theme

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the main idea or message of a literary work

Question 25

Dramatic poetry

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usually has one or more characters who speak to other characters, to themselves, or to the reader

Question 26

Narrative

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poetry tells a story

Question 27

Lyric poetry

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expresses the personal thoughts and feelings of the speaker

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