Literary Terms

The rhyme scheme is the

• units of stressed syllables at the end of the lines

• nonrhyming stanzas at the end of the lines

• measures of stressed and unstressed syllables at the end of the lines

• pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Lines are grouped in

• stanzas

• alphabetical order

• random order

• segments

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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A figure of speech that

gives human-like characteristics

to an abstract idea

or non-human thing

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is enjambment?

• When a line in a poem ends in punctuation

• When a line in a poem ends with no punctuation

• When a line in a poem ryhmes with the line before

• The way the speaker feels about the subject he/she is writing about

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is end-stop?

• When a line in a poem ends in punctuation

• When a line in a poem ends with no punctuation

• When an author makes the lines ryhme

• When a poem does not ryhme

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CCSS.RF.K.2A

CCSS.RL.2.4

Why might a poet end a line in enjambment?

• To help slow down the rhythm and show that there needs to be a break/pause

• To show that the lines rhyme with eachother

• To show that the line has ended

• To help increase the rhythm of the poem and keep it flowing to the next line

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Does the poem pictured contain enjambment or end-stop?

• Enjambment

• End-stop

The pattern of syllables in a line of poetry, which includes the number of syllables and the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• rhyme

• meter

• repetition

• consonance

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Stating one thing is another to create a comparison: “He’s a sly fox.”

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Use of the word like or as to create a comparison between two things: “My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns).

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D