Poetry Terms

What is a poem?

• a collection of words that expresses an emotion or an idea

• a story that is acted out in front of an audience with acts and scenes

• the story of a real person's life

• a story that is handed down generation to generation

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CCSS.RL.3.4

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What is a poet?

• a person who sings

• a person who illustrates the poem

• a person who writes poetry

• a person who reads a poem

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

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What is a rhyme scheme?

• the pattern of rhyming words in a poem

• a mental picture

• the main idea or topic

• the use of words in an imaginative way

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is rhythm?

• the pattern of rhyming words in a poem

• a short phrase or sentence in one row

• comes from the meter of a poem or the number of syllables in each word

• a mental picture or feeling created by creative word usage in poetry

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

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What is imagery?

• a rhythmic pattern of syllables

• a short phrase or sentence in one row

• comes from the meter of a poem or the number of syllables in each word

• a mental picture or feeling created by creative word usage in poetry

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

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What is meter?

• a rhythmic pattern of syllables

• a short phrase or sentence in one row

• comes from the meter of a poem or the number of syllables in each word

• a mental picture or feeling created by creative word usage in poetry

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is figurative language?

• much like a paragraph in a story; usually, a new idea or visual picture appears in each stanza

• a short phrase or sentence in one row, or line, of a stanza

• the use of words in an imaginative way; it typically involves the use of metaphors, similes, and idioms

• a blank space, or skipped space, in between stanzas of a poem

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

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What is a stanza?

• much like a paragraph in a story; usually, a new idea or visual picture appears in each stanza

• a short phrase or sentence in one row, or line, of a stanza

• the use of words in an imaginative way; it typically involves the use of metaphors, similes, and idioms

• a blank space, or skipped space, in between stanzas of a poem

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

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What is a line?

• much like a paragraph in a story; usually, a new idea or visual picture appears in each stanza

• a short phrase or sentence in one row, or line, of a stanza

• the use of words in an imaginative way; it typically involves the use of metaphors, similes, and idioms

• a blank space, or skipped space, in between stanzas of a poem

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is a line break?

• much like a paragraph in a story; usually, a new idea or visual picture appears in each stanza

• a short phrase or sentence in one row, or line, of a stanza

• the use of words in an imaginative way; it typically involves the use of metaphors, similes, and idioms

• a blank space, or skipped space, in between stanzas of a poem

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4