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What is the purpose of poetry?
To express feelings/emotions, highlight an issue or important moment/thing/idea, share lived experiences, entertain etc.
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem
What is a couplet
Two lines in a poem
What is a quatrain?
A stanza with four lines
What is the poetic device: BOOM, BAM, POW!
Onomatopeia
What is the poetic device: Music to my ears
Metaphor
What is the poetic device: Brave like a lion
Simile
What is the poetic device: And so the bird flew / not leaving a clue.
Rhyme
What is the poetic device: He ran, he jumped, he ate, he slumped
Repetition (or rhyme)
What is the poetic device: These cunning cats were caught creating chaos
Alliteration
What is the poetic device: And so the wind sung through the air
Personification
What is the poetic device: If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
Rhetorical question
What is the poetic device: And the clouds exploded with rain
Hyperbole
What is the syllable structure of a haiku?
5/7/5
What is the rhyme scheme of a ballad?
ABCB
Where did haiku originate?
Japan
