Poetry Terms

a group of two or more lines in a poem linked by length, meter, rhyme

scheme, or thought.

• stanza

• paragraph

• rhyming

• narrative

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

referring to a line of poetry.

• sentence

• narrative

• verse

• stanza

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

in poetry, a word or sequence of words that refers to a

sensory experience.

• similie

• imagery

• metaphor

• verse

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the exact significance of a word or phrase taken without any

added exaggeration, imagination, or connotations.

• imagery

• figurative language

• definition

• literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

similarity of vowel sounds and all sounds after the vowel in the relevant

words.

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

in poetry, the pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds in a poem.

• onomatopeia

• stanza

• rhythm

• metaphor

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the pattern of rhyme within a stanza or poem

...steeple a

...town b

...people a

...down b

• meter

• stanza

• verse

• Rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

the repetition of sounds in nearby words, usually involving the first

consonant sounds of the words.

• alliteration

• allusion

• rhyme

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines

• rhyme

• Anaphora

• stanza

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the repetition of vowel sounds in a line or series of lines of poetry.

• alliteration

• allusion

• assonance

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9