Poetry and Sonnet Terminology

switching words (or syllables) that sound alike, for humor

• meter

• pun

• slant rhyme

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

reference to something in another work of literature, culture, history

• symbol

• alliteration

• allusion

• motif

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a meter of poetry, where each line consists of a total of 10 syllables, madeup of 5 pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables

• rhyme scheme

• iambic pentameter

• rhythm

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the dictionary meaning of a word

• connotation

• denotation

• diction

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the associations or secondary meanings of a word or expression beyond its dictionary meaning

• connotation

• denotation

• diction

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison using "like" or "as"

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

something that stands for a person, place, or idea (represents something)

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• simile

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

similar sound between words or the endings of words

• rhythm

• alliteration

• consonance

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

poetry without consistent meter or end rhymes

• free verse

• imagery

• couplet

• quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

giving human qualities to animals or objects

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5