ELA Vocabulary, Unit 3, Set 1

- basic unit of a poem; together, lines form stanzas

• Stanza break
• Excerpt
• Line
• Dialogue

- unpleasant look

• Melodious
• Excerpt
• Dialogue
• Leer

- words of sentences spoken by a character in a poem, play, or story

• Infer
• Dialogue
• Stanza
• Excerpt

- blank space dividing two stanzas from each other

• Excerpt
• Stanza
• Stanza break
• Line

- small part of a larger work; for example, one chapter of a novel or one paragraph of a newspaper article.

• Excerpt
• Line
• Stanza
• Infer

- to reach a reasonable conclusion based on available evidence.

• Dialogue
• Melodious
• Infer
• Stern

- section of a poem; consists of a line of group of lines.

• Stanza break
• Stanza
• Line
• Leer

- pleasant sounding

• Decent
• Infer
• Stern
• Melodious

- acceptable or good enough

• Excerpt
• Infer
• Leer
• Decent

- strict or harsh

• Melodious
• Infer
• Stern
• Leer