CKLA Grade 4 Unit 3 Poetry Lessons 1 and 2 Vocabulary

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What does it mean to crave something?

Back

To want or wish for.

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What is a steed?

Back

A horse, usually ridden by an important person or warrior.

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What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of several words in order or near one another.

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What does lack mean?

Back

To be without.

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What is repetition in poetry?

Back

Saying the same letters, sounds, or words over and over again.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

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

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What is a simile?

Back

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

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What is a stanza?

Back

A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is imagery in poetry?

Back

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

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What is a rhyme scheme?

Back

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.