poetry terms

Five heavy beats per line

• iambic

• pentameter

• free verse

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

This poem follows no rules. It doesn't have a meter or rhyme.

• stanza

• ekphrastic

• ode

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

The meter that Shakepeare used u/u/

• rhyme

• rhythm

• iambic

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.

• line
• stanza
• rhythm
• anonymous

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

The way a poem looks on a page.

• form

• rhyme scheme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

This is the attitude of the poet or writer shown through his or her word choices and techniques.

• tone

• mood

• imagery

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is it called when a poem has repeated words or phrases; used to make something clear or to draw attention to the words or phrases?

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Stanza

• Line

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

• Pun
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A figure of speech that gives human-like characteristics to an abstract idea or non-human thing is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3