Poetry Terms

A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

• poem

• acrostic

• haiku

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme.

• verse

• stanza

• internal rhyme

• lyric

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit of a poem, a verse; similar to a paragraph in writing.

• verse

• line

• stanza

• poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The repetition of vowel sounds.

• alliteration

• assonance

• dipthong

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The correspondence of sound between words or the ending of words, especially when these words are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

• couplet

• end rhyme

• rhyme

• external rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A poem or a song narrating a story in short stanzas.

• lyrics

• blank verse

• song

• ballad

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A literary device that repeats the exact same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer or emphasize an idea.

• meter

• Iamb

• parallel structure

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or a poem, especially at the end of each stanza; a chorus.

• repetition

• refrain

• parallel structure

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A verse without rhyme, especially that which employs Iambic pentameter.

• blank verse

• haiku

• limerick

• ballad

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9