Poetry Vocabulary Review

The use of words that sound like what they mean.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A comparison using the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Theme

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

How the poem makes the reader feel.

• Mood

• Tone

• Connotation

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Language that gives human characteristics to a non-human object.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The repetition of sounds at the end of the word.

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

A type of poetry with no regular rhyming pattern, rhythm, or line length.

• Free Verse

• Narrative Poetry

• Haiku

• Limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

The use of words or phrases more than once of emphasis.

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The central message or lesson of a poem.

• Theme

• Conflict

• Mood

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A comparison without using the words "like" or "as".

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The narrator of a poem.

• Speaker

• Poet

• Free Verse

• Narrative Poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D