Poetry Vocabulary

An extreme exaggeration is a

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as is?

• metaphor
• simile
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

a group of lines in a poem is

• simile
• stanza
• groups

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

using words or phrases that create a mental picture is

• simile
• imagery
• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

a poem that tells a story is

• shape poem
• narrative poem
• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

a poem with no rhyme is

• narrative poem
• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

repetition of the same beginning sound in neighboring words

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

words that have the same ending sound

• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• stanza
• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

a poem with a shape that suggests its subject

• narrative poem
• shape poem
• Haiku
• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

words that sound like the sounds they make

• alliteration
• rhythm
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5