Poetry Terms

Type of poetry that does NOT rhyme.

• free verse

• narrative

• lyrical

• humorous

This--in a poem--is like a paragraph in an essay. It is one section of the poem, set apart from other sections by a blank line.

• meter

• rhyme

• stanza

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

This is the attitude of the poet or writer shown through his or her word choices and techniques.

• tone

• mood

• imagery

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A poet writes with a certain attitude or tone and makes the reader sense a certain feeling or…

• symbol

• mood

• imagery

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.4

This is a couple of lines--usually similar lengths, with the same meter, and they often rhyme.

• stanza

• meter

• haiku

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

Compares two things using LIKE or AS.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Makes a comparison between two things NOT using the words LIKE or AS.

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

An exaggerated statement or claim.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

To give human characteristics to something non-human.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

Repetition of beginning sounds in words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration