Poetry Vocab

Definition for Repetition

• a comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as

• to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem

• the musical quality of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Definition for Stanza

• a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains

• the pattern of rhymes

• creates a picture in the reader's mind

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

• Symbol

• Theme

• Tone

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Sentences OR a row of a poem

• Stanza

• Line

• Refrain

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A person who writes a poem.

• Author

• Speaker

• Poet

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The voice that talks to the reader in a poem.

• Poet

• Speaker

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song

• Line

• Refrain

• Stylistic elements

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

words that are used to describe, using your senses to create a picture in your head

• Topic

• Poet

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

_________ is the feeling the READER gets as he/she reads the text.

• mood
• tone
• metaphor
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is one reason that an author might write a poem?

• to inform an audience

• to teach a lesson

• to express feelings or emotions

• to explain something in nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4