Poetry Vocab

definition for Alliteration

• the musical quality of a poem

• The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words.

• a deliberate exaggeration

• sound words

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

Definition for Rhyme

• Sound words

• words that end in the same sound

• the pattern of rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

Definition for Tone

• creates a picture in the reader's mind

• the musical quality of a poem

• the attitude or mood the author creates

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Definition for Theme

• the message about life that the poem conveys

• the pattern of rhymes

• creates a picture in the reader's mind

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

Definition for Meter

• the attitude or mood the author creates

• sound words

• the repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words

• a rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated

Definition for Repetition

• a comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as

• to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem

• the musical quality of a poem

Definition for Imagery

• creates a picture in the reader's mind

• the attitude or mood the author creates

• sound words

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Definition for Metaphor

• a comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as

• words that end in the same sound

• sound words

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Definition for Simile

• the pattern or rhymes

• a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Definition for Stanza

• a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

• the pattern of rhymes

• creates a picture in the reader's mind