Assonance is the repetition of the vowel sound across words within the lines of the poem creating internal rhymes.
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What is repetition used for in a poem?
Repetition either of a word or a phrase is used in poetry for emphasis.
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What is a couplet?
A couplet is a pair of lines in a poem which have both the same rhythm (meter) and that rhyme.
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What is a stanza?
Stanzas can be defined as groups of lines. Poems can be broken up into stanzas which usually share common features such as rhyme and rhythm.
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What is a simile? How is it different than a metaphor?
Simile is common poetic device. The subject of the poem is described by comparing it to another object or subject, using 'as' or 'like.'
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lifesaver
Give 15 points!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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fairy
Take points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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boom
Lose 50 points!
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seesaw
Swap points!
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gift
Win 15 points!
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baam
Lose 5 points!
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What is meter in poetry?
It is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in a verse. Here, the number os syllables and the pattern of emphasis on those syllables come together.
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What is alliteration? Give an example of it.
Alliteration can be defined as a series of words, occurring close together in the phrases or lines of poetry, that have the same first consonant sound.
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What is an internal rhyme?
This is a rhyme where multiple words in the same line rhyme. For example: "I went to town to buy a gown, / I took the car since it was far."
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What kinds of imagery are there? Name three of them.
Visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, olfactory, and tactile.
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What is an allusion?
It is an expression meant to call another text, a person, event, or thing to mind without mentioning it explicitly.
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What is a slant rhyme?
This is a type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical, sounds. For example: "worm" and "swarm"
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What is personification? Describe something using this technique.
Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects, are given human qualities.
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What in an onomatopoeia? Give an example or it.
Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word which describes its sound.