ELA Unit #3 Poetry Vocabulary

A type of writing that is used to express emotions, experiences, and images in an imaginative way; expresses the ordinary in an extraordinary way.

• poem

• script

• story

• drama

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A poem in which the poet expresses feelings and emotions about a topic

• free verse

• rhyme

• lyrical

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A poem that has no set pattern or rhyme

• lyrical

• free verse

• rhyme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

A similarity of ending sounds in two or more words

• rhythm

• poem

• alliteration

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Musical quality created by a pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry

• rhyme

• poetry

• rhythm

• lyrical

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The end of a row, or line, of poetry chosen specifically by a poet. The size of the line help the reader know how to read the poem out loud and in their heads.

• line break

• stanza

• line break

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

A group of lines in a poem

• white space

• line break

• stanza

• poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

The space around the lines in a poem. Helps the reader know how to read the poem out loud and in their head.

• stanza

• rhythm

• imagery

• white space

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Language that appeals to the senses (see, hear, smell, taste, touch)

• imagery

• hyperbole

• figurative language

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated

• imagery

• hyperbole

• figurative language

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A