Poetry

The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line.

• repetition
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme

• haiku
• cinquain
• free verse
• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

To describe by comparing two things using “like” or “as”.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

To give human qualities to animals or nonhuman objects.

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• onomatopoeia

The repetition of beginning sounds.

• repetition
• alliteration
• rhyme
• meter

The rain danced on the roof is an example of...

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Ring! Ring! is an example of...

• rhyme
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification

My grandmother was as beautiful as a Texas sunrise is an example of...

• metaphor
• rhyme
• simile
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

What is a meter?

• the pattern of accents and beats in a poem

• a row of words in a poem

• a measuring device

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

What is a line?

• a group of lines within a poem

• random words throughout a poem

• a row of words in a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4