List 6 Lit Terms

A type of literature that uses sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in a striking and imaginative way?

• Fiction

• Poetry

• Nonfiction

• Short Story

The way the words and lines are arranged.

• Structure

• Stanza

• Line

• Rhyme

The person or character who communicates the words of the poem.

• Narrator

• Speaker

• Dialogue

• Storyteller

A group of lines that are organized units of meaning like paragraphs.

• Paragraph

• Line

• Stanza

• Grouping

A small group of words on the page is called a _______________

• Refrain

• Rhyme

• Stanza

• Line

Repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words.

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Consonance

A particular pattern of rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Beat

Lines or groups of lines that are repeated at regular intervals in a poem or song.

• Chorus

• Refrain

• Melody

• Stanza

The use of any element of language -- a sound, word, or phrase - more than once.

• Refrain

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

A group of words that all start with the same letter used for emphasis.

• Refrain

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Repetition