Poetry Terms

Poetry is divided into:

• Sentences and paragraphs

• Lines and stanzas

• Verses and refrains

• Thoughts and opinions

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The person telling or narrating the poem is called the:

• Narrator

• Speaker

• Author

• Poet

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, assigning a letter of the alphabet to each line starting with "a" is called:

• Rhyme scheme

• Alliteration

• Free verse

• Repetition

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Poems that don't rhyme are called:

• Haiku

• Songs

• Free verse

• Stanzas

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many stanzas does the following poem contain?

One foot down, then hop! It's hot.

Good things for the ones that's got.

Another jump, now to the left.

Everybody for hisself.

In the air, now both feet down.

Since you black, don't stick around.

Food is gone, the rent is due,

Curse and cry and then jump two.

All the people out of work,

Hold for three, then twist and jerk.

Cross the line, they count you out.

That's what hopping's all about.

Both feet flat, the game is done.

They think I lost. I think I won.

• 4

• 3

• 5

• 6

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many lines does the following poem have?

One foot down, then hop! It's hot.

Good things for the ones that's got.

Another jump, now to the left.

Everybody for hisself.

In the air, now both feet down.

Since you black, don't stick around.

Food is gone, the rent is due,

Curse and cry and then jump two.

All the people out of work,

Hold for three, then twist and jerk.

Cross the line, they count you out.

That's what hopping's all about.

Both feet flat, the game is done.

They think I lost. I think I won.

• 12

• 10

• 16

• 14

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The descriptive words and phrases a writer uses to create sensory experiences is called:

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The flames danced in the fire" is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The literary term for exaggeration is called:

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison between two different things using like or as is called:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D