Poetry Terms Review

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

• Rhythm

• Tone

• Meter

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• stanza

• Verse

• Meter

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A word that sounds like what it means. Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzle

• automobile

• onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

• simile

• Consonance

• Metaphor

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

• Stanza

• Alliteration

• rhyme

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The author’s specific word choice. 

• tone

• diction

• rhythm

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• theme

• moral

• lesson

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

• metaphor

• simile

• symbol

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

• log jam

• consonance

• enjambment

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• rhyme

• tone

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9