3rd Grade Reading - Poetry

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poet

Back

the author of the poem

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line

Back

words organized in a row

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stanza

Back

lines divided into groups (like paragraphs)

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repetition

Back

words or lines that repeat

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rhyme

Back

words that have the same ending sound

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imagery

Back

words that appeal to the senses and help the reader visualize (to picture)

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point of view

Back

the perspective from which the poem is being told (who is the speaker)

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theme

Back

the message, moral, or lesson that the author wants the reader to learn

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Author's purpose

Back

the reason why an author writes a poem/story

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line break

Back

where a line of poetry ends