Poetry Vocabulary

Front

The repetition of initial consonant sound of two or more adjacent words or stressed syllables.

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The writer's attitude or expression in a poem toward the subject at hand.

Back

tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Front

Language layered with meaning by word images and figures of speech; it departs from literal meaning.

Back

figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman such as an animal, inanimate object, or abstract notion.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

Capital letters, line length, and word position; the "shape" of a poem

Back

graphic elements of poetry

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Front

Focuses on the perspective of the speaker or the "teller" of the story or poem.

Back

first person

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

Words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses; it is visually descriptive.

Back

imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

The speaker is not part of the story, but narrates the thoughts and feelings of a single character while other characters are presented only externally.

Back

3rd person limited

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often, forms of the "to be" verb are used such as is or was to help make the comparison.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

The repeated use of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

Back

repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4