Sound and Structure Poetry terms

the one who is narrating the poem

• speaker

• verse

• stanza

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a single line of a poem

• octave

• assonance

• enclosed rhyme

• verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a stanza or poem that contains eight lines

• verse

• imagery

• octave

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

rhyme scheme that repeats with three lines; AAA BBB

• stanza

• triplet

• verse

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart with a line of space

• stanza

• end rhyme

• consonance

• monorhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

the author’s use of vivid and descriptive details that appeal to the human senses

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• imagery

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the repetition of the same vowel sounds among words

• alternate rhyme

• refrain

• consonance

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

words whose final syllables almost rhyme

• end rhyme

• partial rhyme

• quatrain

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

words whose sounds imitate their meaning

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• refrain

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a pair of two lines in a poem that contains end rhymes

• couplet

• enclosed rhyme

• monorhyme

• alternate rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4