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Academic Voc
Prose and Poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stanzas | Groups of lines in a poem |
| Figure of Speech | Language that helps make connections between seemingly unlike things. The two most common kinds of figures of speech are similes and metaphors. |
| Meter | Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| Free Verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter, or a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words with sounds that echo what they mean. |