Poetry Vocabulary

Traditional Poetry

• Poetry forms that follow a specific structure
• Unstructured poetry without a regular form, meter, rhythm, or rhyme scheme
• Blend of poetry and theater in which you use poetic elements and make it a performance, often uses body movements and gestures to help convey meaning
• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Free Verse

• Unstructured poetry without a regular form, meter, rhythm, or rhyme scheme
• Poetry forms that follow a specific structure
• Blend of poetry and theater in which you use poetic elements and make it a performance, often uses body movements and gestures to help convey meaning
• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Spoken Word Poetry

• Blend of poetry and theater in which you use poetic elements and make it a performance, often uses body movements and gestures to help convey meaning
• Poetry forms that follow a specific structure
• Unstructured poetry without a regular form, meter, rhythm, or rhyme scheme
• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Form

• The way a poem is laid out on a page
• The language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning
• Author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate to the reader
• The atmosphere or emotion in the poem created by the poet

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Diction

• The language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning
• The way a poem is laid out on a page
• Author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate to the reader
• The atmosphere or emotion in the poem created by the poet

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Style

• Author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate to the reader
• The way a poem is laid out on a page
• The language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning
• The atmosphere or emotion in the poem created by the poet

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Mood

• The atmosphere or emotion in the poem created by the poet
• The way a poem is laid out on a page
• The language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning
• Author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate to the reader

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Rhyme Scheme

• The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter; for example AABB or ABAB
• A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
• Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell)
• The attitude of the author towards the subject; conveys feelings and emotions

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Rhythm

• A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
• Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell)
• The attitude of the author towards the subject; conveys feelings and emotions
• The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter; for example AABB or ABAB

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

Imagery

• Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell)
• The attitude of the author towards the subject; conveys feelings and emotions
• The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter; for example AABB or ABAB
• A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10