Poetry Terms

A type of literature that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions

• Novel

• Poetry

• Article

• Short story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Another word for rhythm

• Meter

• Rhyme

• Beat

• Syllables

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Beats in words that create rhythm

• Syllables

• Meter

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

A group of words in a poem, rather than sentences

• Paragraphs

• Couplet

• Stanzas

• Lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

A group of lines in a poem, rather than paragraphs

• Lines

• Sentences

• Stanzas

• Haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

A stanza with two lines

• Couplet

• Triplet

• Quatrain

• Octave

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A pair of lines that rhyme

• Haiku

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Rhyming couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

A stanza with four lines

• Couplet

• Triplet

• Quatrain

• Octave

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

3 line poem with a fixed number of syllables: five syllables in the first and third lines and seven syllables in the second line (5-7-5)

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Ode

• Acrostic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Poetry that does not follow any set form

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Blank verse

• Free verse

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D