4th Grade STAAR Poetry/ Drama Vocabulary

Front

What is personification?

Back

Giving a nonhuman object human characteristics. Example: 'The grass danced in the wind.'

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What is a line in poetry?

Back

The individual segments of text in a poem that are numbered by 5s.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

Who is the author of a drama text?

Back

The playwright.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

What are stage directions?

Back

Instructions for the actors that tell them where to go or how to say a line.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What is meter/rhythm in poetry?

Back

The beat or flow of a poem.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

What is imagery in poetry?

Back

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Front

What is dialogue in drama?

Back

The spoken exchanges between characters in a play.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What are props in a drama?

Back

Objects used by actors on stage to enhance the storytelling.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Front

What is a speaker in poetry?

Back

The voice that tells the poem, which may be the poet or a fictional character.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4