ELEMENTS OF POETRY

A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word

• syllable

• meter

• rhythm

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A group of lines that form the basic metrical unit in a poem or verse.

• rhyme

• rhythm

• stanza

• syllable

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

• rhythm

• rhyme

• figurative language

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The use of vivid words that appeal to the five senses in order to deepen the reader’s understanding of the text.

• figurative language

• syllable

• stanza

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Unstressed + stressed (two syllables)

• trochee

• iamb

• spondee

• anapest

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

stressed + 2 unstressed (three syllables)

• dactyl

• anapest

• trochee

• spondee

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Stressed + stressed (two syllables)

• anapest

• spondee

• dactyl

• iamb

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2 unstressed + stressed (three syllables)

• anapest

• trochee

• spondee

• dactyl

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

as a continuation of rhyme, it is also one of the basic elements of poetry.

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme

• rhythm

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This is what the poem is all about.

• imagery

• figurative language

• syllable

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2