Poetry Vocabulary

A verse within a poem or song that are together because of rhyme, scheme or has a fixed number of lines

• Rhyme

• Poet

• Stanza

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

The act of repeating words or sounds.

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

A word that has the same end sound as another.

• Stanza

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The form or pattern, movement or flow. The flow in music, speech, or poetry.

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Form

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Refers to the shape, visual appearance, or structure of the poem.

• Stanza

• Form

• Tone

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

Repeating of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry.

• Stanza

• Form

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

A way of speaking or writing that shows a certain feeling.

• Stanza

• Form

• Tone

• Line

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

When description and detail are included in writing (5 senses - sight, smell, taste, sound, feel).

• Tone

• Line

• Imagery

• Form

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Goes beyond the literal way of saying something.

• Rhythm

• Figurative language

• Personification

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Makes a direct comparison using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5