Poetry

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Diction
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A figure of speech in which an exaggerated statement is made.

• Hyperbole
• Enjambment
• Assonance
• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

A word that sounds like what it means. 

• Onomatopoeia
• Consonance
• Metaphor
• Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

• Plot Elements
• Figurative Language
• Sensory Language
• Literal Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse

• Lines
• Chorus
• Stanza
• Refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Words within the lines that rhyme

• Internal Rhyme
• Exact Rhyme
• Near Rhyme
• End Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

The pattern of end rhyme 

• Rhythm
• Rhyme
• Rhyme Scheme
• Slant Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Boom!

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The days crept by slowly, sorrowfully

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The grass grew green in the graveyard

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3