Poetry Terms

What is free verse?

• A poem that rhymes

• A poem that doesn't rhyme

• A poem with rhythm

• A poem that is in the shape of what it is about

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is imagery?

• A poem that tells a story

• Words that have the same end sounds

• words and/or lines that repeat

• Words and phrases used to help a reader imagine with the senses

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is rhyme?

• A poem written with no regular rhythm

• Words and phrases used to help a reader imagine with the senses

• Words that have the same end sounds

• Words that imitate sounds

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is rhythm?

• a poem with no regular rhythm

• words that imitate sounds

• emphasis on certain syllables throughout a piece

• words and/or lines that repeat

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a narrative poem?

• A poem that tells a story

• Words that imitate sound

• A poem written with no regular rhyme or rhythm

• A comparison that suggests two things are the same

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is repetition?

• A poem with no regular rhythm

• Words and/or lines of a poem that repeat

• A comparison that suggests one thing is like another

• Words and/or phrases to help the reader imagine with the senses

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that imitate sounds

• words that have the same end sounds

• words and phrases used to help a reader imagine with the senses

• a comparison that suggests one thing is the same as another

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is a metaphor?

• A poem with no rhyme and no regular rhythm

• A poem that tells a story

• Words written in the shape of what the poem is about

• A comparison that suggests one thing is the same as another

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a concrete poem?

• A poem that tells a story

• A poem written in the shape of what the poem is about

• A comparison that suggests one thing is the same as another

• Words or phrases to help a reader imagine with the senses

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a stanza?

• a grouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from other stanzas by a blank line

• a poem written with no rhyme or regular rhythm

• words that imitate sounds

• words written in the shape of what a poem is about

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4