CKLA Unit 3 Poetry Vocabulary

Front

What is the basic unit of a poem in a stanza?

Back

line

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What do we call words or phrases that mean more than their dictionary definition?

Back

figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Front

What is the attitude of a piece of writing called?

Back

tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

What is a small part of a larger work called?

Back

excerpt

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

What do we call a poem with no rhyme scheme or set of pattern beats?

Back

free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

Back

stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Front

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

Back

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is a figure of speech that describes one thing as if it were another?

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?

Back

anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is the overall feeling or atmosphere created by a poem?

Back

mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B