Poetry Terms

a traditional Japanese poetic form. It consists of three unrhymed lines with specific syllable counts: five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second and five in the third. Haikus are often about nature and the seasons. 

• haiku
• sonnet
• limerick
• stanza

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

1.  a 14-line poem with a set rhyme scheme and a particular syllable pattern called iambic pentameter. Different types of sonnets have different rhyme schemes.

• limerick
• haiku
• stanza
• sonnet

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CCSS.RL.7.4

a five-line poem with the rhyme scheme of AABBA. Lines 1, 2 and 5 have the same number of syllables (usually nine) and lines 3 and 4 are shorter. A limerick is funny and tends to have an unexpected ending

• verses
• stanza
• limerick
• sylllable

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CCSS.RL.7.4

a single line of poetry.

• stanza
• verses
• syllable
• simile

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

is like a poem’s paragraph; it is a group of verses bound together to form one section of a poem

• stanza
• syllable
• simile
• sonnet

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

 written in sentences and paragraphs, just like fiction or nonfiction. While prose poems don’t have line breaks, you can still see their poetic quality through techniques like repetition, figurative language and imagery

• metaphors
• verses
• prose poem
• rhyme scheme

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

a unit of pronunciation that usually has one vowel sound. 

• simile
• sonnet
• stanza
• syllable

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

These do not use the words “like” or “as” and instead imply that one thing is the other.

• simile
• metaphors
• rhyme scheme
• sonnet

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

These compare two things that are alike in some way using the words “like” or “as.” For example: “The moon was as bright as a white balloon.”

• metaphors
• simile
• personifications
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

to give a human trait to something nonhuman. “The moon stared down, watching me.

• rhyme scheme
• free verse
• personification
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5