Q3 Quarterly: Study These Terms!

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Line Break

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Where each line ends in a poem; contributes to the meaning and the musical qualities of a poem.

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Rhetoric

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.

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Theme of a Poem

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The underlying message or main idea conveyed in a poem.

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Imagery

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Appeals to the five senses to imagine how something looks, feels, sounds, smells, or tastes. Helps the reader visualize.

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Perspective Change

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How a character's viewpoint or feelings evolve throughout a story, impacting the plot.

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Stanza

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.

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Verse

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A single line of poetry or a specific section of a poem.

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Rhyme

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The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of lines in poems.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.