Metaphor is a common poetic device where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object.
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What is a sonnet?
A poem of 14 lines with 10 syllables per line.
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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 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 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 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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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 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 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 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 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 is imagery?
Imagery is the author's use of description and vivid language, deepening the reader's understanding of the work, by appealing to the senses.