Poetry Vocabulary

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Traditional Poetry

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Poetry forms that follow a specific structure

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

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Free Verse

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Unstructured poetry without a regular form, meter, rhythm, or rhyme scheme

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

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Spoken Word Poetry

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Blend of poetry and theater in which you use poetic elements and make it a performance, often uses body movements and gestures to help convey meaning

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

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Form

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The way a poem is laid out on a page

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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Diction

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The language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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Style

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Author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate to the reader

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

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Mood

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The atmosphere or emotion in the poem created by the poet

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.3.3A

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter; for example AABB or ABAB

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Rhythm

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A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell)

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CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5