Poetry Terms

Front

Type of poetry that does NOT rhyme.

Back

free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

This--in a poem--is like a paragraph in an essay. It is one section of the poem, set apart from other sections by a blank line.

Back

stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

This is the attitude of the poet or writer shown through his or her word choices and techniques.

Back

tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

A poet writes with a certain attitude or tone and makes the reader sense a certain feeling or…

Back

mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Front

This is a couple of lines--usually similar lengths, with the same meter, and they often rhyme.

Back

couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

Compares two things using LIKE or AS.

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Makes a comparison between two things NOT using the words LIKE or AS.

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

An exaggerated statement or claim.

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

To give human characteristics to something non-human.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Repetition of beginning sounds in words

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4