Poetry Terms

Defined by lack of structure

• Limerick
• Rhythm
• Free Verse
• Lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Uses like or as to compare two things

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Gives human qualities to nonhuman subjects

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• imagery
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Poems shaped like their subjects

• haiku
• lyric poem
• concrete poem
• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words

• rhyme
• refrain
• meter
• stanzas

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Tells a story in verse--has elements of fiction like plot and character

• free verse
• ballad
• narrative poem
• lyric poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Traditional Japanese three line poem

• refrain
• cinquain
• limerick
• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Songlike poem that tells stories of adventure

• Lyric Poem
• Ballad
• Figurative Language
• Narrative Poem

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Describes one thing as if it is another

• Simile
• Denotation
• Connotation
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Humorous, rhyming, five line poem

• Haiku
• Limerick
• Narrative Poem
• Stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4