Poetry Terms

A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Compares two unlike things by speaking of one thing as if it were another

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When nonhumans (animals, objects) are represented as being human or as having human attributes

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Tells a story (includes ballads, epics)

• freeverse

• allusion

• soliloquy

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter

• extended metaphor

• allusion

• freeverse

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Repetition of the initial sounds or stressed syllables in words close together

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas used for emphasis in writing

• refrain

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. Use lowercase letters to identify the last word in each line.

• freeverse

• rhyme scheme

• refrain

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Tone

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• Stanza

• Organization

• Alliteration

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5