CKLA Grade 4 Unit 3 Poetry

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a comparison of two things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'as brave as a lion'.

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What structure is poetry written in?

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Poetry is written in lines and stanzas.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a comparison of two things without using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Time is a thief'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. For example, 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees'.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, helping the reader to visualize scenes or feelings.

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What is a rhyme?

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A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of lines in poems.

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is a pair of lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words. For example, 'The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain'.