Poetry Terms Practice

a type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings, 

or tells a story in a specific form.

• Poetry

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Refrain

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

group of words together on one line of the 

poem

• Stanza

• Form

• Line

• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem.

• Diction

• Tone

• Parallel Structure

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a pattern of rhyming words at the end of a line of poetry.

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhythm

• Tone

• Cinquain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

something repeated regularly in a poem, such as the chorus of a song.

• Point of View

• Speaker

• Refrain

• Parallel Structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.

• End Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A speaker or writer’s choice of words

• Diction

• Tone

• Mood

• Speaker

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Used in poetry to convey feeling and emotion, and set the mood for the work.

• Parallel Structure

• Tone

• Connotation

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

an emotional or social association with a word, giving meaning beyond the literal definition

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Diction

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the specific, literal image, idea, concept, or object that a word or phrase refers to

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Diction

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3