Poetry Term Review

the repetition of consonant sounds like in "sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"

• rhythm

• assonance

• alliteration

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

a group of lines in a poem

• stanza

• line

• paragraph

• block

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

a beat created by stressed and unstressed syllables in words

• rhyme

• rhythm

• imagery

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

words that imitate the sounds to which they refer

• omnivorous

• onomatopoeia

• omnipresent

• octagon

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

the literal dictionary definition of a word

• connotation

• alliteration

• assonance

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

language NOT meant to be taken literally

• alliteration

• fancy language

• figurative language

• a joke

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the ideas and feelings associated with a word

• denotation

• connotation

• imagery

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

• personificarion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

giving a non-living thing human or animal characteristics

• hyperbole

• personification

• peoplization

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3