Mrs. Adelman's Grade 10 Unit 3 Vocabulary (Part A)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Line | a horizontal row of words, which may or may not form a complete sentence |
| Stanza | a group of lines forming a unit, a paragraph of poetry |
| Figure of Speech | a word of an expression that is not literally true but expresses some truth beyond the literal level. |
| Simile | compares two things using "like" or "as" EXAMPLE: She swims like a fish. |
| Metaphor | compares two things without using "like" or "as" EXAMPLE: She is a fish. |
| Personification | gives human characteristics to unhuman things EXAMPLE: The pencil dances across the page as I write. |
| Imagery | descriptive language used to represent objects, feelings, and thoughts by appealing to the five senses |
| Rhyme | the repetition of the final stressed vowel and succeeding sounds in two or more words EXAMPLE: cat and bat |
| Internal Rhyme | a rhyme that occurs within one line of poetry EXAMPLE: He is the KING of SWING. |
| End Rhyme | a rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines |
| Rhyme Scheme | the pattern formed by end rhymes that is shown by a row of letters |
| Rhythm | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line |
| Meter | a regular rhythm |
| Foot | the basic unit in measuring rhythm |
| Alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words EXAMPLE: She saw Sally at the store. |
| Consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds within words or at the ends of words EXAMPLE: Parallel Bells |
| Assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words EXAMPLE: The days wane away. |
| Onomatopoeia | words that imitate the sound of what they describe EXAMPLE: clank, snap, pop |
| Ode | a type of poem that celebrates or pays tribute to something |
| Couplet | a stanza of two lines that rhyme |
| Quatrain | a four line stanza |
| Sestet | a six line stanza |
| Octave | an eight line stanza |
| Lyric Poem | a type of short poem by one speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings to create a single impression |
| Free Verse | Poetry without a fixed pattern of meter and rhyme |
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