Poetic Terms

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Ballad

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

• tone

• symbol

• meter

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line

• enjambment

• rhythm

• Meter

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the ________of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.

• Rhythm

• Diction

• Stanza

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A story/narrative in poetic form

• alliteration

• metaphor

• ballad

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

• enjambment

• onomatopoeia

• similie

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.

• theme

• Assonance

• free verse

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader

• tone

• verse

• diction

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The author's specific word choice

• ballad

• diction

• assonance

• meter

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A word that sounds like what it means

• allusion

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5