Poetic Academic Vocabulary 8th Grade ELAR

A type of literature in which words are chosen in a specific way to create an effect.

• poetry

• genre

• prose

• literature

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

The voice that talks to the reader in a poem.

• speaker

• narrator

• author

• writer

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

A reference to a person, event, or literary work outside of the poem.

• allusion

• irony

• alliteration

• prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Follows the strict rules about lines, stanzas, rhythm, and rhyme.

• traditional poem

• prose

• free verse

• writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Poems that do not rhyme and have no recognizable patterns or rules.

• free verse

• traditional poem

• genre

• writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The way a poem is layed out on a page.

• form

• stanza

• free verse

• structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

Groups of lines in a poem (paragraphs for poems)

• stanza

• lines

• format

• chapters

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a place where a line ends

• line break

• line

• stanza

• poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

A pattern of rhyme that repeats across different stanzas.

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• repetition

• beat

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Techniques used to give poetry musical qualities.

• sound devices

• figurative language

• sensory details

• similies

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4