Poetry Terms Practice

The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginnings of words, as in tongue twisters

• Alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The comparison of two unlike things with similar qualities using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Stanza

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Words that imitate sounds.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Vernacular

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Japanese nature poem, three lines in length; 17 syllables, 5-7-5

• Sonnet

• Stanza

• Haiku

• Villanelle

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Poetry with no regular rhyme, rhythm or line length.

• Narrative Poetry

• Free Verse Poetry

• Rhyme

• Lyrical Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Repetition of vowel sounds in lines of poetry.

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A story/narrative in poetic form.

• Lyric

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Poetry that expresses thoughts and feelings and usually has only one speaker.

• Ballad

• Lyrical

• Narrative

• Descriptive

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The pattern in which the last words in lines of poetry rhyme.

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhythm

• Satire

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A group of lines together in a poem, like sentences in a paragraph.

• Stanza

• Haiku

• Verse

• Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9