Unit 6 Poetry Vocabulary

Word Choice is...

• the author's thoughtful use of precise vocabulary to fully convey meaning to the reader.

• Looking up words in the dictionary.

• the use of language to create mental images.

• the repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Theme is...

• the perspective from which the events in the story are told

• the central or universal idea of a literary owrk that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience

• figurative language

• a comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Assonance is

• the use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions

• a comparison of two things that are different using the words like or as

• the repetiton of vowel sounds in words close together within a phrase or sentence

• the repetition of consonant sounds in words close together within a phrase or sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

End rhyme is...

• figurative language in which non-human things are represented as having human qualities

• a comparison of two things that are different usally using the words like or as

• the perspective from which the events int he story are told

• two or more lines that end in rhyming syllables or words

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A sound device is...

• a dinner bell

• a device used by authors to crate meaning through sound and help the readers develp visual images

• the use of words that sound like what they mean

• a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Poetry is...

• the author's thoughtful use of vocabulary to fully convey meaning to the reader

• articulation or expression in coherent form

• literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through a style that is rhythmical and may have elements such as meter, rhyme an dstanzas

• the repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

A Stanza is...

• a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse

• something you sing

• the central idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience.

• the reason and author writes a particular topic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Personification is

• the central idea or a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/condition

• the use of words that sound like what they mean

• a person in a poem

• figurative language in which non-human things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Author's Craft is...

• articulation or expression in coherent form, either verbally or in a piece of writing

• intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create effective written work

• a comparison using life or as

• the central idea that relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Author's Purpose is...

• a comparison using like or as

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic.

• the central or universal idea of a literary work that relates to morals and/or values.

• the author's thoughtful use of precise vocabulary

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D