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Poetry - Quiz

1.

What does a poem always do?

2.

Why did people used to use poems to tell stories?

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What is Haiku?

4.

A type of poetry where the words are written to form a particular shape is called what?

5.

What is poetry that uses made-up words to describe things, or just to make nice sounds called?

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What is a rhyme?

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What is alliteration?

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When you compare one thing to another you are using a what?

9.

What is a metaphor?

10.

What is giving human feelings and actions to objects known as?

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