Poetry terms review

Single unit of language into which a poem is divided

• line

• stanza

• verse

lines of poetry that form a division in the poem

• line

• stanza

• verse

writing arrange with metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme

• line

• stanza

• verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Repetition of the same sounds in a line

• allusion

• assonance

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Referring metaphorically to persons, places, or things from history or previous literature

• allusion

• assonance

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.9

repetition of consonants in a line - not at the beginning

• allusion

• assonance

• consonance

end rhyme

• two words that look alike but don't sound alike

• two words that are nearly rhymed

• the rhyming words occur at the ends of lines of poetry

• the rhyme occurs inside a line

internal rhyme

• two words that look alike but don't sound alike

• two words that are nearly rhymed but have a slight variation in vowel sound

• the rhyming words occur at the ends of lines of poetry

• the rhyme occurs inside a line

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

Rhyme scheme

• pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem

• the use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions

• comparison using like or as

• an extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

sensory images

• pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem

• the use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions

• comparison using like or as

• an extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.3D