Poetry Terms Review

the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

• allusion

• ballad

• symbol

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem; the number of syllables per line

• meter

• rhythm

• assonance

• enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a unified group of lines in poetry

• theme

• ballad

• verse

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a story/narrative in poetic form

• sonnet

• ballad

• free verse

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

• alliteration

• meter

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text

• enjambment

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader

• theme

• tone

• diction

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

word choice

• tone

• diction

• rhyme

• verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the attitude the poem's narrator has toward the subject

• theme

• symbol

• tone

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2