Poetry - Author's Craft

Stanza

• A chunk of a poem; think of it like a 'paragraph' of a poem.

• One single line.

• A group of lines that rhyme.

• A group of lines that do not rhyme.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

Frame Story

• A story about a picture frame

• A story told from multiple perspectives

• A story within a story

• A story with lots of flashbacks and flashforwards

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Flashback

• When the speaker has a dream during the poem

• When the story jumps back in time to provide extra context or information

• When the story jumps forward in time to provide context or information

• When the author repeats an earlier phrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Flashforward

• When the speaker has a dream during the story

• When the story jumps back in time to provide extra context or information

• When the story jumps forward in time to provide context or information

• When the speaker hints at future events

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Shift

• A change in the poem in which the speaker's tone, attitude, or perspective changes

• When a story jumps forward in time to provide context or information

• When the speaker changes the way they dress during the poem.

• When a story goes from being happy to sad.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Internal Rhyme

• When the rhyme scheme is every other line, or ABAB

• When there is no rhyming throughout the poem

• When rhyming occurs within the same line or phrase

• When rhyming occurs every line

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

End Rhyme

• Rhyming that only happens in the very last line of a poem.

• Every other line rhyming, such as ABAB

• A rhyme scheme that goes ABCABC

• A rhyme that occurs in the last syllable of lines in poetry.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Near Rhyme

• Words that rhyme perfectly

• Words that almost rhyme perfectly, but not quite

• When words near each other rhyme

• When lines near each other rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

Rhyme Scheme

• The rhythm or beat of a poem

• The shape a poem's stanzas make

• the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

• Green Eggs and Ham

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

Onomatopoeia

• Words that imitate sounds, such as BANG, BOOM, and ZAP

• Words that indicate the passage of time

• Words that rhyme with one another

• Words that do not rhyme with one another

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.5.3A