Poetry Elements Flash Cards

Front

Rhythm

Back

The beat of the poem heard in the pattern of the poem heard in the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

repetition

Back

words, phrases, or lines that are repeated, usually to show importance.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

Stanza

Back

A group of lines separated by a space

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

Rhyme

Back

Words that have the same ending sound, usually found at the end of a line.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

Line

Back

A single line of text from left to right.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Front

Voice or Speaker

Back

The speaker in a poem which could be the poet or a character that the poet created.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Front

Rhyme Scheme

Back

The pattern of rhymes within the poem (AABB)

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5