Poetic Terms

A group of lines within a poem that is set apart from other lines is called:

• refrain

• stanza

• verse

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The repetition of the beginning sounds in a sentence or line

• verse

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

What are the TWO elements that make up literature?

• Nonfiction

• Prose

• Poetry

• Fiction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

words that end ends lines of poetry with the same sound

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Stanza

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

the feeling you get from reading

• mood

• tone

• theme

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Phrases or lines that are repeated in poetry are called

• refrain

• verse

• couplet

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

This is what poets write instead of sentences

• alliteration

• paragraphs

• sentences

• lines

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• assonance

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

words organized into lines and stanzas

• Literature

• prose

• Language

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

words organized into lines and stanzas

• sentences

• simile

• stanza

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4