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Unit 3 Poetry
Literary and Content CKLA Unit3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| line | a line is one row in a poem |
| mood | the "feeling" the author is trying to convey (show) |
| meter | the number of syllables in a line creating a beat |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem |
| stanza break | the blank space between stanzas |
| repetition | repeating of a word or phrase or line |
| theme | the lesson the author is trying to teach |
| rhyme | words that have the same ending sound |
| alliteration | the repeating of the beginning sound in several words |
| simile | comparing 2 different things using like or as |
| metaphor | comparing 2 different things without using like or as |
| personification | when an animal or object takes on the characteristics of a person or human |