Elements of Poetry Vocabulary NWEA Review

Writing in shorter lines to slow the reader down

• rhyme

• line break

• simile

• lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Rows of text in a poem.

• rhyme

• line break

• simile

• lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Repetition of the sounds.

• rhyme

• line break

• simile

• lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• simile

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A rhyme that appears within the same line of poetry.

• Internal rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• simile

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The grouping of the lines of a poem. Similar to a paragraph.

• Internal rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• simile

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Exaggerated statements

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

An object that represents a deeper idea.

• idiom

• symbolism

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5