Poetry Terms

A word that imitates a sound being described.

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Two back-to-back lines that rhyme.

• Ballad

• Free verse

• Rhyme

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

How the writer feels about the subject of a poem.

• Tone

• Mood

• Enjambment

• Refrain

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A comparison between 2 different things using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Caesura

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A reference to an historical, mythic, or literary person, place, or event.

• Metaphor

• Enjambment

• Assonance

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Repetition of identical consonant sounds. (Most often the sounds beginning words)

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Word choice that shows a style of writing.

• Stanza

• Couplet

• Imagery

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The similarity of sounds between words, such as moon, spoon, or croon.

• Rhyme

• Ballad

• Diction

• Refrain

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The repetition of consonants, especially at the ends of words.

• Free verse

• Enjambment

• Consonance

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A frequently repeated phrase or verse in a poem, especially at the end of stanzas.

• Refrain

• Hyperbole

• Caesura

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9