Poetry Terminology

A group of lines in a poem

• rhyme pattern

• stanza

• speaker

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

an exaggeration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which is NOT a feature of poetry?

• condensed language

• intense feelings

• rhyme, rhythm, and/or meter

• paragraphing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The person talking in a poem is called

• the speaker

• the narrator

• the protagonist

• the antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The writer's attitude towards the topic

• mood

• character perspective

• narration

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the feeling created in the reader

• mood

• perspective

• suspense

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a reference to a famous individual or event to create context

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a stated comparison

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a comparison using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The repetition of an initial consonant sound

• allusion

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4