Poetry Lingo

The repetition of consonant sounds,

but not vowels, in a chunk of text.

Ex: A worm named Maurice took the

garden by storm.

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• repetition

A unified group of lines in poetry.

This is often marked by spacing

between sections of the poem.

• stanza

• verse

• enjambment

• simile

The repetition of vowel sounds in a

chunk of text.

Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.”

• consonance

• assonance

• metaphor

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The attitude the poem’s narrator (this

may or may not be the actual poet) takes

towards a subject or character: serious,

humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned,

tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.

• theme

• verse

• stanza

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A figure of speech that makes a

comparison between two things

without using connecting words,

such as “like” or “as.”

Ex: Love is a battlefield.

• simile

• meter

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

This occurs when one line ends without a

pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

Ex: If this were a poem,

this would be

an example of the technique.

• enjambment

• meter

• alliteration

• slant verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An object or action that means

something more than its literal

meaning.

• simile

• verse

• diction

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A story/narrative in poetic form.

• sonnet

• ballad

• theme

• Shakespeare

The central meaning or

dominant message the poet is

trying to deliver to the reader.

• theme

• focus

• rhythm

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Poetry that does not rhyme or

have a measurable meter.

• free style

• free verse

• free bird

• free beat