Poetry Terms

VERSE

• another word for poetry
• a group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

STANZA

• a group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
• another word for poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

LINE BREAK

• where a line in the poem is broken and a new line begins
• a group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

REFRAIN

• a repeated phrase, line, or group of lines
• a group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

COUPLET

• 2 rhyming lines
• another word for poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

RHYME

• repetition of final sounds in 2 or more words
• pattern of end rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

RHYME SCHEME

• pattern of end rhymes
• when 2 or more words start with the same consonant sound

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

ONOMATOPOEIA

• use of words to imitate a sound
• pattern of end rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

ALLITERATION

• when 2 or more words start with the same consonant sound
• pattern of end rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

REPETITION

• recurring (repeated) use of a sound, word, phrase, or line to create mood or emphasize an idea
• when 2 or more words start with the same consonant sound

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3