Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms

Assessment

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English

11th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.11-12.3, RL.8.5, RL.8.4

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The central idea, topic, or point of a story, essay, narrative, or poem.

Back

THEME

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A dividing and organizing technique which places a group of lines in a poem together, separated from other groups of lines by line spacing or indentation.

Back

STANZA

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again.

Back

REPETITION

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

a repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse.

Back

REFRAIN/CHORUS

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A rhyme created by words within two or more lines of a verse.

Back

INTERNAL RHYME

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same.

Back

END RHYME

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing (using like or as) with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic.

Back

SIMILE

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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