Poetry Vocabulary

The repetition of initial consonant sound of two or more adjacent words or stressed syllables.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The writer's attitude or expression in a poem toward the subject at hand.

• mood

• point-of-view

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Language layered with meaning by word images and figures of speech; it departs from literal meaning.

• persona

• imagery

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman such as an animal, inanimate object, or abstract notion.

• symbol

• stylistic device

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Capital letters, line length, and word position; the "shape" of a poem

• graphic elements of poetry

• meter

• metrics

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Focuses on the perspective of the speaker or the "teller" of the story or poem.

• third person

• second person

• first person

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses; it is visually descriptive.

• mood

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The speaker is not part of the story, but narrates the thoughts and feelings of a single character while other characters are presented only externally.

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often, forms of the "to be" verb are used such as is or was to help make the comparison.

• metaphor

• simile

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The repeated use of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4