Unit 3: Lessons 3–4

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 11, Unit 3, Lessons 3–4.
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  1. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  2. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
  3. structure
    the building of something and the arrangement of its parts
  4. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  5. dash
    a punctuation mark used between words or to mark a break
  6. rhyme scheme
    the pattern of similar sounds at the end of lines in a poem
  7. figurative
    not literal
  8. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  9. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  10. personification
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a human
  11. meter
    a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
  12. foot
    a group of syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
  13. repetition
    the continued use of the same word or word pattern
  14. punctuation
    a symbol that helps one read and understand written text
  15. free verse
    poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
  16. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  17. assonance
    the repetition of similar vowels in successive words
  18. consonance
    the repetition of sounds especially at the ends of words
  19. line
    a row of text written across a page or computer screen
  20. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
Created on Tue Sep 01 11:10:45 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Apr 05 16:13:57 EDT 2021)

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