Poetry Terms

What is alliteration?

• repeated sounds at the beginning of words

• an exaggeration for emphasis

• a writer's attitude, feelings, or outlook

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a reference to another work of literature, art, person, or event?

• assonance

• metaphor

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is assonance?

• words that imitate sounds

• repetition of similar vowel sounds

• giving human qualities to inanimate objects

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is consonance?

• intentional word choice

• repetition of identical consonant sounds

• comparison that says one thing is like another

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What term is described as intentional word choice?

• diction

• rhyme scheme

• theme

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is haiku?

• a 3-line Japanese poem that contains the syllable pattern 5, 7, 5

• a 14-line poem with specific rhythm and rhyme pattern

• use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, etc.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is hyperbole?

• a group of lines of verse

• repetition of identical consonant sounds

• an exaggeration for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is imagery?

• intentional word choice

• use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, ideas, etc.

• the rhyming pattern in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What term is defined as a comparison that says one thing is another?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is onomatopoeia?

• repeated sounds at the beginning of multiple words

• a writer's attitude or feelings

• words that imitate sounds

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3