Elements of Poetry Vocabulary

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

• Rhyme

• Poetry

• Stanza

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

• Figurative Language

• Mood

• Sensory details/

  Imagery

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

A truth, lesson, or message about life.

• Mood

• Poet

• Stanza

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

• Rhyme

• poem

• Stanza

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The number and style of accented syllables in a line.

• Stanza

• Meter

• Rhythem

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The beat, sound, and feel of a poem.

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The feeling the poet is trying to convey.

• Theme

• Imagery/

  Sensory details

• Rhythm

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

A group of lines in a poem.

• Line

• Paragraph

• Stanza

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Words that have the same ending sound.

• Rhythm

• Repetition

• Poetry

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A single row of words in a poem.

• Line

• Meter

• Stanza

• Row

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D