Poetry Terms

the repetition of the same beginning sound, usually a consonant, in a phrase or line of poetry

• repetition

• stanza

• alliteration

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

the author's use of description and words to create pictures in the reader's mind

• imagery

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an expression of ideas or feelings in words, usually have a form, rhythm, or rhyme

• alliteration

• imagery

• stanza

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

a sound device in which a word makes the sound

• simile

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• poetry

when human qualities and ideas are given to things

• personification

• poetry

• rhyme

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

the comparison of two things that are not really alike by using the words like or as

• metaphor

• repetition

• rhyming words

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

the comparison of two things in which one is said to be another

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

two or more lines that end with rhyming words

• rhyming words

• rhyme

• poetry

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

words that end in the same sound

• alliteration

• rhyme

• rhyming words

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

a sound device in which sounds, words, or phrases are repeated to emphasize a point

• alliteration

• repetition

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4