Poetic Structure

What are the "paragraphs" of a sentence called?

• lines

• limerick

• verse

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

In poems, what are rows of words that may or may not form sentences?

• stanzas

• lines

• verses

• comma

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.5

What refers to the repetition of identical or similar sounds at the end of words?

• rhyme

• lines

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the rhyme called with rhyming words at the end called?

• haiku

• no rhyme

• end rhyme

• rhyme scheme

"The Road Not Taken" has the following rhyme scheme: first, third, and fourth lines of each stanza rhyme as do the second and fifth lines. How would that be explained using letters?

• ABAAB

• ABCBC

• AABBC

• ABABA