Poetry Terms

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Theme

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses or any combination of senses

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Tone

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the "to be" verb are used, such as "is" or "was", to make the comparison

• Simile

• Comparison

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The use of words which imitate sound

• Metaphor

• Interjection

• Meter

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits or abilities

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Personifcation

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas

• Simile

• Personification

• Repetition

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words

• Rhyme

• Stanza

• Point of View

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than"

• Personification

• Meter

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5