Unit 3 Poetry Vocab Flashcard

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What is dialogue in poetry?

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Words or sentences spoken by a character.

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What does it mean to crave something?

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To want or wish for something intensely.

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What is the meaning of the word 'decent'?

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Acceptable or good enough.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison using the word 'like' or 'as'. For example: 'The football player ran as fast as a cheetah to score the touchdown.'

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What does melodious mean?

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Pleasant sounding.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Define personification.

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities or objects.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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Explain the term 'imagery' in poetry.

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.

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What is the purpose of a stanza in poetry?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space, that serves as a unit of thought.