Poetry vocabulary

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The repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more words

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alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

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The use of language to create vivid pictures in the reader’s mind

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imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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A comparison using the words “like” or “as”

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simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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A group of lines in poetry arranged like a paragraph

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stanza

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Two or more words or phrases that end with the same sounds

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rhyme

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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An expression that does not literally mean exactly what it says

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idiom

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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giving a nonhuman object human like qualities

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personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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a pattern of weak and strong sounds throughout a poem “the beat”

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rhythm

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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a pattern of rhyming words in a poem

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rhyme scheme

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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The use of words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning.

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figurative language

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4