Front

REFRAIN

Back

a repeated phrase, line, or group of lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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RHYME

Back

repetition of final sounds in 2 or more words

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Front

STANZA

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Front

QUATRAIN

Back

4 lines with an alternating rhyme pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

IMAGERY

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Front

METAPHOR

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

SIMILE

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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ALLITERATION

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

PERSONIFICATION

Back

attributing human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

HYPERBOLE

Back

an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A