CKLA Unit 3 Poetry Terms

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What is a simile?

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

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What is a small part of a larger work?

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Excerpt.

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What are words or sentences spoken by a character in a poem, play, or story?

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Dialogue.

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Choose the example with alliteration:

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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What is figurative language?

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Words do not mean exactly what they say.

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What is a metaphor?

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Comparing two things without using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits to non-human things.

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What is an example of onomatopoeia?

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Words that imitate sounds, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is a rhyme?

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Words that have the same ending sound.