3 week Poetry Unit

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex: "From Forth the Fatal Loins of these two Foes; a pair of star-cross'd Lovers take their Life"

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Ballad

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Allusion

• Consonance

• Enjambment

• Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. Ex: "Ivan will trY to lIght the fIre"

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Free Verse

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A story/narrative in poetic form

• Ballad

• Diction

• Rhythm

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. Ex: A worM naMed Maurice took the garden by storM"

• Consonance

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's specific word choice

• Diction

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This occurs when one line ends with a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

• Enjambment

• Ballad

• Allusion

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter

• Free Verse

• Allusion

• Rhythm

• Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words such as "like" or "as" Ex: Love is a battlefield

• Metaphor

• Stanza

• Consonance

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Diction

• Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9