Poetry Terms

Front

A group of lines in a poem is called

Back

stanza

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Front

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood is called

Back

alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables is called

Back

rhythm

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound

is called

Back

rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as" is called

Back

simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

A figure of speech that

offers an exaggerated

or extravagant statement

(that is not meant to be taken literally)

in order to highlight a point

is called

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

A figure of speech that

gives human-like characteristics

to an abstract idea

or non-human thing

is called

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

A direct comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as (x=y) is called

Back

metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

Back

Allusion

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3