Poetry Vocabulary

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Rhythm

Back

The musical quality of a poem.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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Theme

Back

The message about life that the poem conveys.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

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Repetition

Back

To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Tone

Back

The attitude or mood the author creates.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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Stanza

Back

A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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Rhyme

Back

The pattern of sounds at the end of lines in a poem.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Imagery

Back

Descriptive language that creates pictures in the reader's mind.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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Metaphor

Back

A comparison of 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

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Simile

Back

A comparison of two unlike 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 series of words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4