Poetry Vocabulary

The way a poem looks on the page; its shape

• Form

• Lines

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Poets arrange their words into lines. A line may or may not be a complete sentence

• Form

• Stanza

• Free Verse

• Lines

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Stanza

• A group of lines in a poem

• Its shape

• feelings and images

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A poem that usually does not rhyme or have a pattern. It is written like a conversation

• Free Verse

• Lines

• Poem

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Words that are alike

• Rhyme Sounds

• Rythem

• Form

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

The beat of a poem

• Rhythm

• Repetition

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

True or False: Imagery is when the author focuses on our five senses

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The voice that talks to the reader

• Speaker

• Voice

• Theme

• Lines

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

The message the poet gives the reader

• Poem

• Theme

• Story

• Message

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D