Poetry

Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.

• rhyme
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• simile

The main idea of a poem. What the author wants you to learn

• free verse
• cinquain
• theme
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme

• haiku
• cinquain
• free verse
• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

Poetry that tells a story.

• rhyme
• meter
• limerick
• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

To describe by comparing two things using “like” or “as”.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

To describe by comparing two things using “like” or “as”.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Words that sound alike at the end.

• alliteration
• personification
• rhyme
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

To give human qualities to animals or nonhuman objects.

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• onomatopoeia

To describe by comparing two things.

• simile
• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

The repetition of beginning sounds.

• repetition
• alliteration
• rhyme
• meter