Grade 8: Introduction to Poetry and Drama

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  1. poetry
    literature in metrical form
  2. line
    a row of text written across a page or computer screen
  3. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  4. rhythm
    alternation of stressed and unstressed elements in speech
  5. rhyme
    correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
  6. form
    an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
  7. speaker
    someone who expresses in language
  8. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
  9. drama
    a work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  10. scene
    a subdivision of an act of a play
  11. act
    a single division of a play, opera, or ballet
  12. dialogue
    the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
  13. stage direction
    instruction or description written in the script of a play
  14. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  15. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
Created on Mon May 17 15:37:38 EDT 2021 (updated Wed May 19 12:57:13 EDT 2021)

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