Poetry Vocabulary

A piece of literature that has a rhythm,

often rhymes or repeats, and expresses a feeling or idea.

• Poem

• Prose

• Story

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Several verses grouped together in a

poem. Similar to a paragraph in a story.

• Paragraph

• Prose

• Stanza

• Story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

A line in a poem.

Similar to a sentence in a paragraph.

• Stanza

• Verse/Line

• Sentence

• Paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Using the same word, phrase, or sentence multiple times.

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A beat, tempo, or pattern -as in music.

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Rhyme

• Repitition

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

When two or more words have the same ending sound.

(EX: chime, rhyme, time)

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The rhythm created by stressed and unstressed syllables in lines or verses.

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Repetition

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A story that has paragraphs and sentences that have proper grammar and mechanics.

• Poem

• Stanza

• Paragraph

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D