CKLA Unit 3 Poetry Terms

Front

What are words or sentences spoken by a character in a poem, play, or story?

Back

dialogue

Front

What is a small part of a larger work?

Back

excerpt

Front

What is a line?

Back

the basic unit of a poem

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

a group of lines

Front

What is a stanza break?

Back

the blank space dividing two stanzas from each other

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

Front

What is repetition?

Back

repeating something over and over again

Front

Slant rhyme

Back

words that share only the final consonant sound; not a true rhyme

Front

What is a free verse poem?

Back

a poem with no rhyme scheme or set pattern of beats

Front

What is first person point of view?

Back

the speaker or narrator tells the story from their own perspective