Poetry Characteristics

A piece of writing that uses imaginative words to share ideas, emotions, or a story with a reader.

• Dictionary
• Poem

• Essay
• Novel

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A person who writes a poem

• author
• painter
• musician
• poet

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

The voice of the poem or narrator of the poem.

• Author

• Speaker

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Lines from a poem that belong together, similar to a paragraph.

• Stanza
• Meter
• Rhyme
• Verse

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Words put together to form a line in a poem, similar to a sentence.

• Verse
• Line
• Paragraph
• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The lesson or message learned in a poem

• Rhyme scheme
• Meter
• theme

• Figurative language

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

A pattern of syllables that repeat to create the poems rhythm or beat

• Alliteration
• Meter
• Simile
• Rhyme

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

A point at which a line of a poem ends, and a new line begins.

• verse break
• line break
• poem break
• stanza break

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The repetition of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words

• Rhyme
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

when a word or phrase means something other than its literal meaning.

• Rhyme

• Line break

• figurative language

• poet

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4