Poetry Vocabulary

The grouping of lines in a poem is called a ________.

• meter

• stanza

• line break

• theme

The repetition of consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning or in the middle of words is called what?

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Free verse

• Simile

______ is the beat, or rhythm, created by the sounds of the words when you read them.

• Line

• Tone

• Stanza

• Meter

Poetry that doesn't have have a regular meter or rhyme pattern is called what?

• Free verse

• Metaphor

• Rhymed verse

• Imagery

______ is the feeling you get about how the poet feels about what they are saying.

• Line

• Simile

• Tone

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

An extreme exaggeration is also called a ________.

• simile

• hyperbole

• stanza

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

_______ is giving human-like characteristics to an inanimate object.

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

________ is where the lines of the poem follow a rhyme pattern (example: ABAB).

• Line break

• Rhymed verse

• Alliteration

• Free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

______ serve as sentences in a poem.

• Lines

• Metaphor

• Theme

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as" is called what?

• Theme

• Stanza

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D