Unit 3 Literary Vocabulary practice

What is the basic unit of a poem called?

• Stanza

• Line

• Dialogue

• Excerpt

What do you call a small part of a larger work?

• Stanza

• Excerpt

• Line

• Dialogue

What is the term for the repetition of sounds at the beginning of several words in order or near one another?

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Tone

• Free verse

What is the term for a poem with no rhyme scheme or set pattern of beats?

• Free verse

• Stanza

• Line

• Dialogue

What is the attitude of a piece of writing expressed through the style of writing and the words the author uses?

• Tone

• Dialogue

• Stanza

• Excerpt

What do you call the blank space dividing two stanzas from each other?

• Line

• Stanza break

• Excerpt

• Alliteration

What is the term for words or sentences spoken by a character in a poem, play, or story?

• Dialogue

• Excerpt

• Tone

• Stanza

What is the term for saying the same letter, sounds, or words over and over again?

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Free verse

• Stanza break

What is a section of a poem that consists of a line or group of lines?

• Stanza

• Line

• Excerpt

• Dialogue

What does it mean to reach a reasonable conclusion based on an available text?

• Infer

• Dialogue

• Tone

• Stanza break