Poetry Terms

A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Compares two unlike things by speaking of one thing as if it were another

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

• personification

• symbolism

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech where exaggeration is used for effect.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.5

A group of lines in a poem is called a

• stanza

• paragraph

• line break

• form

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The repetition of initial consonant sounds: Susie sold sea shells down by the seashore .

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

• Allusion
• Free Verse
• Rhythm
• Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

When two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds.

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech which gives animals, ideas, or inanimate

objects human traits or abilities

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Personifcation

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a rhyme scheme?

• The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

• A way to defeat a poet

• The beat of a poem

• The rhythm of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4