Poetry Vocab

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. Ex: A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

• Symbol

• Ballad

• Stanza

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

• Stanza

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

• Verse

• Enjambment

• Theme

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A story/narrative in poetic form.

• Sonnet

• Ballad

• Diction

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.”

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

• Symbol

• Theme

• Tone

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The author’s specific word choice

• Dictionary

• Simile

• Tone

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.

• Tone

• Rhythm

• Diction

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B