Poetry Terms

Lines of poetry arranged in groups

• form

• rhyme scheme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The way a poem looks on a page.

• form

• rhyme scheme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

The repetition of similar sounds and the pattern produced in a poem, usually marked by letters: abba.

• form

• rhyme scheme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

• rhythm

• sound

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

The poet's attitude towards his/her subject.

• rhythm

• sound

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A poem depends on this to express meaning and it comes from rhyme, rhythm, and repetition.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

A kind of figurative language in which an animal, object, or idea is given human qualities.

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words.

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A comparison of two things that have something in common and directly states one thing is something else.

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3