Poetry Vocabulary

Front

What is a group of lines (like a paragraph) in a poem called?

Back

Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

What is the name for two lines of poetry in a row that rhyme?

Back

Rhyming couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What word is defined as "visually descriptive or figurative language"?

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

What is it called when a line is split into two lines, like this: "I'm feeling rather sleepy, but I don't know why"?

Back

Enjambment

Front

What poetic device is this an example of:
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"

Back

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What are the following examples of? SPLAT, GULP, POW, DRIP, POP, WHAM

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

What is this poem an example of?

i do not need the kind of love
that is draining
i need someone
who energizes me

-- Rupi Kaur
Options: Imagery, Enjambment, Simile, Alliteration

Back

Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

What poetic device does this definition describe? "A figure of speech that describes a non literal similarity."

Back

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole? John jumped over the jelly beans joyfully., She's so thin, she could get carried away by the wind!, I have called in sick to work three days in a row., I love reading so much!

Back

She's so thin, she could get carried away by the wind!

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

What poetic device is described by this definition? "The use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word"

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4