CKLA Unit 3 Poetry Terms

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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 slant rhyme?

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

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What is a line in poetry?

Back

The basic unit of a poem.

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Choose an example of alliteration.

Back

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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What is a line break?

Back

A place where a line ends.

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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?

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

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits to non-human things.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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