Poetry Terms

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REFRAIN

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a repeated phrase, line, or group of lines

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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RHYME

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repetition of final sounds in 2 or more words

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

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STANZA

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a group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

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QUATRAIN

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4 lines with an alternating rhyme pattern

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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IMAGERY

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words a poet chooses to create a picture in the reader's mind

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

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METAPHOR

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a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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SIMILE

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a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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ALLITERATION

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the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words

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CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

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PERSONIFICATION

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attributing human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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HYPERBOLE

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an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A