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What is a meter

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A rhymythical pattern of a poem

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What is a rhyme scheme

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The pattern of rhyming words in a poem

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What is a stanza

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A division in a poem

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3
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what is imagery

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The use of vivid language to paint mental pictures

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what is a metaphor

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Comparison not using like or as

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what’s a simile

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A comparison using liek or as

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what is a hyperbole

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An extravogant exaggeration

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What’s an oxymoron

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A figure of speech where opposite terms appear side by side

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what a pun

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A play on words

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what is symbolism

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Something that represents a bigger idea or theme

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10
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What is onomatopoeia

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Words that sound like things they are describing

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What is an alliteration

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Letters that have the same starting letter like salty swan swam

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What is a consaonce

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When the last letters are the same like fast and lost)

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13
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What do an assonance

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When vowels agree

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14
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What is a limerick

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A rhymed humorous poem of dove lines with a set rhyme scheme of a-a-b-b-a

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15
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What is a free verse

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Poetry not written in a regular rhythmic pattern

16
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What is a lyric

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A highly musical verse that expresses the observations of a single speaker

17
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What’s a concrete

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A poem where the shape contributes to its meaning

18
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A poem written down the side of the paper eith each letter used to begin a word or phrase describing the vertical word

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Acrostic

19
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What’s a narrative

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something that tells a story

20
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What is a slam

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a performance poetry that combines elements of performance writing competition and audience participation often with a rhythmic element

21
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What’s a haiku

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Three lined poem with the syllable scheme of 5-7-5 and is often written about nature

22
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Ahat is a cinquian

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Short unrythemed poem with a rhyme scheme of 2-4-6-8-2

23
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Nonsense

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Uses nonsensical words to convert its meaning

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What’s a ballad

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Tells us a story and starts as a song with focus on an action

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