Poetic Terms List #1

The voice or personality that speaks the lines of a poem.

• speaker

• tone

• rhythm

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The speaker’s attitude towards his/her subject.

• symbol

• tone

• imagery

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A group of lines in a poem, separated from other groups by space.

• stanza

• rhyme scheme

• hyperbole

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Words ending in the same sound.

• repetition

• rhythm

• rhyme

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The pattern of rhyming in a poem (for example, ABAB).

• rhythm

• stanza

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of poetry; gives the

poem a musical quality.

• rhyme scheme

• figurative language

• rhythm

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Vivid word pictures that arouse strong emotions.

• imagery

• metaphor

• simile

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Comparisons between unrelated things or ideas (metaphors,

similes, personification, and hyperbole, for example).

• metaphor

• simile

• figurative language

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A direct comparison between two different things.

• metaphor

• simile

• figurative language

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An indirect comparison between two different things using “like” or “as”.

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D