Poetry Vocabulary

The repeated use of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words.

• repetition

• rhyme

• syllable

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.

• symbol

• stanza

• syllable

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What are groups of lines in a poem that provide a natural break?

• Lines

• Theme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a repeated pattern of sound?

• Rhythm

• Poet

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is it called when the ending sound of a word corresponds to another word?

• Rhythm

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is it called when words or lines of a poem are repeated?

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Poetry

• Lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Everyone, young or old,

Needs someone to listen

As their stories are told.

The difference is yours to make.

A minute from your busy day

Is all it would take.

Take a minute and lend an ear.

Listen intently

To what you hear.

• This poem has 1 stanza.

• This poem has 2 stanzas.

• This poem has 3 stanzas.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

I am who I am.

I do not care.

You are who you are.

Let them all stare.

• This poem has 1 line.

• This poem has 2 lines.

• This poem has 3 lines.

• This poem has 4 lines.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

This is an example of _________________.

• rhyme

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5