Poetry

The literal dictionary definition of a word is called...

• connotation

• denotation

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.

• Dennotation

• Connotation

• speaker

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem. The speaker is the character who tells the poem.

• director

• author

• Speaker

• reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Check off all of the similes:

• He's a tiger on the soccer field

• she's as poor as a church mouse

• spreads like wildfire

• Good as gold

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech where exaggeration is used for effect or to stress a point

• rhyme

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A formal division of lines in a poem and is considered as a unit.

• rhyme scheme

• form

• stanza

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

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.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance is called (a)   .

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

(a)   is another word for Sensory Language.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The repetition of initial consonant sounds is called Alliteration. Choose all correct examples

• Feramisco’s funny family photos.

• She was as happy as a clam

• Amelia answered another question automatically.

• Hannah felt as tired and slow as a sleepy sloth

• The car door slammed with a thump!

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5