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 line break?

Back

a place where a line ends

Front

What is figurative language?

Back

Words do not mean exactly what they say.

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

Comparing two things NOT using the words 'like' or 'as'

Front

What is a small part of a larger work?

Back

excerpt

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

A group of lines in a poem.

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.

Front

What is a simile?

Back

Comparing two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

Front

What is personification?

Back

Giving human traits to non-human things.

Front

What is a rhyme?

Back

The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words.