CKLA Unit 3 Poetry Terms

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What is repetition?

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Repeating something over and over again.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem.

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What is first person point of view?

Back

The speaker or narrator tells the story from their own perspective.

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What is third person point of view?

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The speaker or narrator tells the story about other characters.

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What is a stanza break?

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The blank space dividing two stanzas from each other.

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What is a rhyme?

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The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is imagery?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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What is a theme?

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The main idea or underlying message of a poem.