Poetry Terms

What is rhyme?

• repetition of sounds at the end of words

• the ordered pattern of rhymes

• exaggeration

• a group of lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is meter?

• The beat of a poem

• A comparison

• The rhythm of a poem

• A poem of praise

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is a stanza?

• A group of lines in a poem

• Another name for a paragraph

• A comparison

• A type of rhyme

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Repetition of vowel sounds

• Repetition of words

• Repetition of rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is a simile?

• A comparison that uses like or as

• A comparison that doesn't use like or as

• A comparison that uses human feelings

• A comparison of rhymes

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison without using like or as

• A comparison of numbers

• A comparison of rhymes

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a personification?

• A figure of speech in which an object is given human traits

• Has to do with people

• A poem about a person

• A way to write a free verse poem

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is assonance?

• A repetition of initial consonant sounds

• A repetition of vowel sounds

• A repetition of rhymes

• A repetition of stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is a couplet?

• Two people dating

• Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

• Two straight comparisons

• A type of poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a ballad?

• A poem narrating a story in short stanzas

• A poem that praises

• A poem that has no rhymes in it

• A poem that expresses one's feelings

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6