6th Grade Poetry Terms

Which poetry term assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is a form of literature that follows specific forms to create a rhythm and/or rhyme scheme?

• poem

• poetry

• theme

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is a line that is repeated throughout the poem?

• stanza

• rhyme

• refrain

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What a piece of writing having a rhyme or rhytghn which tells a story or describes a feeling?

• mood

• biography

• stanza

• poem

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Which term suggests how the poem makes the reader feel?

• mood

• tone

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Who is the narrator of a poem?

• me

• stanza

• speaker

• cat

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is a unit of meaning. Could be 1 word, a phrase, or even a sentence?

• stanza

• structure

• theme

• line

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the regular pattern of something? Could be the beat in a poem or song.

• tone

• rhythm

• mood

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is a comparison between two unlike things which says one thing IS another?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the repetition of a beginning letter sound. Ex: Good as gold. Busy bee. Living the life.

• alliteration

• refrain

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5