Poetry Terms and Techniques

What is Alliteration

• an overexageration
• giving human traits to nonhumans
• several words begin with the same sound within the same line or phrase
• comparing two things using like or as

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a stanza?

• a grouping of lines in a poem 
• the same word over and over
• the words in a line of a poem
• a word to represent a sound

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is mood?

• an overexaggeration
• Comparing two words without using like or as
• AABB
• The feeling a reader gets from the song, poem, or movie

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition

• intentional repeating of words, phrases, lines or stanzas
• thinking about the poem again and again
• ABAB
• Oink!

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is rhyme scheme?

• A way to plot against my teacher
• a group of lines in a poem.
• Outlines the pattern in which line endings rhyme (ABAB, AABB, etc.)
• comparing two things without using like or as

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• The crash of the dishes sent her packing!
• My sister eats like a horse!
• My hands were ice cubes when I came inside.
• The cat smiled at me as he stole my chair.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• an overexaggeration
• comparing two things without using like or as
• a word representing a noise
• comparing two things using like or as

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is a simile?

• Her eyes were as black as the night sky.
• My brother is a pig!
• The dog laughed as the cat fell out of the tree.
• Ding! The timer went off, letting me know the cake was ready.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a simile?

• giving human traits to nonhumans
• comparing two things using like or as
• an overexaggeration
• comparing two things without using like or as

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is an example of onomatopoeia?

• oink
• crash!
  crash
• zip
• all of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5