Poetry Terms

Stanza

• groups of poetry lines
• groups of stanzas
• One single line in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Figurative language

• writing or speech not meant to be taken literally
• writing or speech not meant to be taken abstractly
• Concrete phrases in writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Metaphors

• describes one thing as if it were something else
• gives human qualities to something else
• phrases that use like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things
• anything that represents something else

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Metaphors

• The house was a zoo this morning!
• The house was as quiet as a mouse.
• The house had a million floors.
• The house cried each time someone walked.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification

• gives human qualities to something else
• describes one thing as if it were something else
• phrases that use like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things
• anything that represents something else

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Personification

• The cars growled in the traffic.
• The cars were as slow as mice.
• The cars were cheetahs.
• The cars crashed carefully.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Similes

• phrases that use like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things
• gives human qualities to something else
• describes one thing as if it were something else
• anything that represents something else

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Similes

• He stormed into the meeting like a tornado.
• He was a tornado in the meeting.
• He hummed highly at her.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Symbol

• anything that represents something else
• describes one thing as if it were something else
• phrases that use like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things
• describes one thing as if it were something else figuratively

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Symbol

• A dove is mean peace
• The heart was fast.
• The magnet was strong.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5