STAAR POETRY VOCABULARY WORDS

Front

A group of lines (a paragraph for poems).

Back

Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

A row of words (just one line).

Back

Line

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

Two words that rhyme at the end of lines.

Back

End Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The use of words with similar end sounds.

Back

Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Two words that rhyme on the same line.

Back

Internal Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The person that wrote the poem.

Back

Poet

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

The person that narrates the poem.

Back

Speaker

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

Comparing 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

Comparing two things not using like or as.

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Gives human qualities to nonhuman things.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A