CKLA Unit 3 Poetry Terms

Front

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

Back

Dialogue

Front

What is tone?

Back

The attitude of a piece of writing expressed through style and words.

Front

What is a small part of a larger work?

Back

Excerpt

Front

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

Back

Stanza

Front

What are words that end in the same sound or sounds?

Back

Rhyme

Front

What is a group of lines in a poem, often separated by a space?

Back

Stanza

Front

What is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem?

Back

Rhyme scheme

Front

What is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

Back

Alliteration

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

Front

What is a figure of speech that describes something as if it were something else?

Back

Metaphor