Poetry Vocab 4th Grade

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What is a group of lines in a poem called?

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stanzas

Front

What do you call the place where one line ends and another begins in a poem?

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line break

Front

What is it called when you describe something by comparing it to something else?

Back

metaphor

Front

What is the term for the repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, or line in poetry?

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repetition

Front

What is poetry?

Back

A type of literature that contains figurative language, imagery, and mood.

Front

What is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

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simile

Front

What is it called when human qualities are given to non-human things?

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personification

Front

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

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alliteration

Front

What is a word that imitates a sound?

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onomatopoeia

Front

What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?

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meter