Poetry Vocabulary Flashcard

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating that one is the other, e.g., 'Time is a thief.'

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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What is onomatopoeia?

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The use of words that imitate sounds, such as 'crash', 'bang', 'hiss', and 'splat'.

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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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What is repetition in poetry?

Back

The use of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence more than once to create emphasis or rhythm.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is personification?

Back

A literary device that gives human qualities to something that is nonhuman, e.g., 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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What is rhyme?

Back

The repetition of sounds at the ends of words, such as 'pool', 'rule', and 'fool'.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words, e.g., 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is a simile?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'Her smile was like sunshine.'

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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What is a lyric poem?

Back

A type of poem that expresses personal emotions or thoughts, often in a musical style.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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What is a narrative poem?

Back

A poem that tells a story and includes characters, a plot, and a setting.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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What is the theme of a poem?

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The central idea or message that the poem conveys.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2