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A stanza in a poem is made up of ....
Lines
What events in the poem (what is happening) is called the
Summary
The overall idea or main topic of a poem is called the...
Theme
Boom! Thud! Pow! These words are examples of ___________ used in poetry
onomatopoeia
the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
onomatopoeia
My shoes are killing me. This sentence is an example of a _______
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
hyperbole
He was a tornado, blasting through the opposing team. This is an example of a ____________
metaphor
The cloud was fluffy like cotton candy. This is an example of a _____________
simile
comparing two things using like or as
simile
"Tim, the terrifying tiger" is an example of _________
alliteration
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
alliteration
The tree whispered in the wind is an example of__________.
personification
giving human characteristics to non-human things
personification
a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs
rhyme
A division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme
stanza
Rhythm
the musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables. "the beat of the poem"
The way a poem is laid out on the page, how it "looks"
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