Poetry Vocabulary

Front

rhyme within a line of poetry

Back

internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The author of the poem

Back

poet

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

Front

the voice of the poem; the narrator of a poem

Back

speaker

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

Front

a slanting font used to emphasize a word or phrase

Back

italicize

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Front

Devices that poets use such as alliteration, assonance, and consonance that enhance a poem

Back

sound effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

Back

stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Front

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

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 ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

Back

rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Back

rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

a group of words that make up one line in a poem

Back

line

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4