Poetry Terms

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.

Ex. A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm.

• alliteration

• allusion

• consonance

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

• Symbol

• Metaphor

• Ballad

• Verse

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

• Free Verse

• Meter

• Stanza

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Ex. "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life."

• Onomatopoeia

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A single line of poetry.

• Stanza

• Verse

• Ballad

• Meter

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

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two tings without using connecting words, such as "like" or "as".

Ex. Love is a battlefield.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between of the poem.

• Verse

• Meter

• Stanza

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as "like" or "as."

• Metaphor

• Consonance

• Diction

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A story/narrative in poetic form.

• Ballad

• Stanza

• Verse

• Theme

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