Poetry Vocabulary Review

Front

The arrangement of lines into groups, separated by an empty line - similar to verse or paragraphs.

Back

Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Front

A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unlikely things.

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Front

A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words "like" or "as"

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Front

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point.

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Front

A 'softer' more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh when referring to something unpleasant.

Back

Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

Front

A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part.

Back

Synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Front

A play on words; can be on different meanings of the same word or on similar sense or sound of different words.

Back

Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.

Back

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Back

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4