Poetry Vocabulary

Front

What is the term for a slanting font used to emphasize a word or phrase?

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Italicize

Front

What do you call a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem?

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Stanza

Front

What is a group of words that make up one line in a poem called?

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Line

Front

What is the repetition of sounds at the end of words, typically shown at the end of a line?

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Rhyme

Front

True or False: All poems MUST contain rhyme.

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False

Front

What is the term for a repeated part of a poem, often at the end of a stanza?

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Refrain

Front

What do we call the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem?

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Rhyme scheme

Front

What is the term for a short excerpt or passage taken from a poem?

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Excerpt

Front

What is the term for a sound effect created by the arrangement of words in a poem?

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Sound effect

Front

What do you call a poem that tells a story?

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Narrative poem