Poetry Vocab

A group of lines that follow a specific rhyming pattern. They are separated by a space in the poem.

• Stanza

• Alliteration

• Free verse

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of the same sound at the start of words that are close to each other. "The map made me mad," is an example.

• Prose

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Language that means something other than its literal meaning.

• Alliteration

• Prose

• Rhyme Scheme

• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Poetry that does not rhyme or follow a regular sound pattern.

• Free verse

• Limerick

• Prose

• Nursery Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Figurative language that compares two different things by saying one thing is another. For example: Jordan was a tornado of emotions.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Words that that imitate a sound. For example: Pow! Boom! Splash!

• Poem

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The ordinary form of writing or speech. Writing that is not poetry.

• Prose

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The pattern of rhymes in a poem. Sometimes indicated by letters that show which lines rhyme. For example: AABBCC

• Alliteration

• Prose

• Rhyme scheme

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Figurative language that compares two things using "like" or "as". For example: Your smile is like the sun.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Prose

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

A poem that tells a story.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Prose

• Narrative poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6