Poetry Vocabulary

When the same sound occurs at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.

• Stanza

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Language you have to figure out what it means; words do not mean exactly what the dictionary defines.

• Rhyme

• Metaphor

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Language that means exactly what is says.

• Literal Language

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A comparison of two things without using like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A Word that imitates the natural sound it represents.

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Giving human traits or qualities to an animal, object or idea.

• Stanza

• Personification

• Figurative Language

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect or emphasis.

• Stanza

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines.

• Rhyme

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Repetition

• literal language

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D