Poetry Terms 7th grade

1. A PAIR of rhyming LINES that form a complete THOUGHT

• Couplet 
• metaphor 
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

2. Figurative language comparing two unlike things. 

• Couplet 
• metaphor 
• personification
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

3. Figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds

• Couplet 
• metaphor 
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

4. Giving non-human things humanlike qualities 

• Couplet 
• metaphor 
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

5. A paragraph in poetry 

• stanza
• alliteration
• internal rhyme 
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

6. The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of the words. (the first letter)

• stanza
• alliteration
• internal rhyme 
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

7. Language that appeals to the five senses. 

• stanza
• alliteration
• internal rhyme 
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

Rhyming within the line-not at the end. 

• stanza
• alliteration
• internal rhyme 
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

Identify the couplet: 2 lines that have end rhyme! 

• He was ready to faint. 
• There was an 
  old person
• The boat 
  was not afloat
• Bam! Snap! 

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

Choose the alliteration. 

• Santa slipped on the slick floor.
• BANG!
• He was as slow as a turtle. 
• My life is a tornado right now. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4