Poetry Vocabulary

__________________ is personal and descriptive poetry; it helps the reader feel through the senses. It showcases melodic language that conveys a sense of song.

• Free Verse

• Lyric Poetry

• Narrative Poetry

• Humorous Poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

__________________ is poetry that does not rhyme and has no regular rhythm. In free verse, the poet creates the rules, drawing on his intuitive sense of how the poem should look, sound, and express meaning.

• Free Verse

• Lyric Poetry

• Narrative Poetry

• Humorous Poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

__________________ tells a story or a sequence of events.

• Free Verse

• Lyric Poetry

• Narrative Poetry

• Humorous Poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

__________________ makes a reader laugh or has witty nonsensical humor.

• Free Verse

• Lyric Poetry

• Narrative Poetry

• Humorous Poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

__________________ is two or more words which match in the same last sound (bat, cat, sat).

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Metaphor

• Line Break

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

_______________ The beat or cadence of poetry.

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A _______________ indicates: action, excitement, tension, or suspense.

• fast rhythm

• slow rhythm

• turbo rhythm

• weird rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A _______________ suggests: peacefulness, fullness, harmony, and comfort.

• slow rhythm

• fast rhythm

• turbo rhythm

• weird rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

____________ is a rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• Meter

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

____________ is a repetition of consonant sounds, such as “the smooth, skaterly glide and sudden swerve.”

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Stanza

• Line Break

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4