Poetry Vocab

assonance

• repetition of vowel sounds. Ex. Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away. (Sweep and heap long E sound)
• Use of words whose pronunciation suggusts their meaning (Hiss, Whirr, Buzz)
• the beat and pace of a poem. Can be created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or verse.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

consonance

• repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within the words. Blow! bugles blow! (repeated "l" sound)
• The way the reader feels after reading a piece of literature
• the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

simile

• A comparsion using like or as
• The underlying message the author or poet is trying to project to the reader or audience.
• when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

repetition

• the act of repeating or restating something more than once.
• the physical structure, the length of lines, rhythm or repetition, or how many stanzas.
• a "softer" more inoffensive word or phrase used as a substitute for one considered too harsh. Ex: The old man passed away. Passed away sounds less harsh than died.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

personification

• when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
• the emotional feeling a word carries.
• A 14 line poem with a strict rhyming pattern.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

hyperbole

• Exaggeration of certain aspects
• The authors attitude towards a subject, it can influence the mood
• A comparsion using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

pun

• play on words; Ex: What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator!
• the act of repeating or restating something more than once.
• A group of lines in a poem (similar to a paragraph).

idiom

• An expression not to be taken literally. Ex: The test was a piece of cake (an expression to tell how easy it was).
• Special use of words that make your five senses come alive
• a long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

onomatopoeia

• Use of words whose pronunciation suggusts their meaning (Hiss, Whirr, Buzz)
• someone who is the voice of the poem.
• a mournful, melancholy fpoem for the dead

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

oxymoron

• A phrase the bring two things together that are complete opposites (pretty ugly, wise fool, freezer burn)
• Similarity of sound existing between two words
• a narrative poem which tells a story. Typically composed of 4 line stanzas.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A