Poetry Terms

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What is the term for rhythmical patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry?

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Meter

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Front

What do we call a phrase, line, or stanza that is repeated throughout a poem?

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Refrain

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

What is the term for rhymes that occur within a line of poetry?

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Internal 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

Front

What indicates that the writer wants the reader to pause in a poem?

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White Space

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

What is the main idea, topic, or subject of a poem, often conveying a lesson?

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Theme

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

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What is the term for the emotional quality or feeling conveyed by a poem?

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Mood

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

What do we call the arrangement of words and lines in a poem?

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Structure

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

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What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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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 figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What do we call the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry?

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Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5