Poetry Terms: The Sounds of Words

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines.

• assonance

• alliteration

• rhyme

• consonance

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that sound like their meanings.

• euphony

• sounds

• onomatopoeia

• patterns

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect.

• repetition

• rhyme

• pattern

• analogy

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it.

• rhyme

• euphony

• repetition

• dimeter

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A regular pattern of accented syllables separated by unaccented syllables, helps distinguish poetry from prose.

• consonants

• repetition

• rhyme

• rhythm

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Fast and Furious" is an example of:

• pattern

• repetition

• alliteration

• rhyme

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"boom, buzz, crackle, gurgle, hiss, pop, sizzle, snap, swoosh, whir, zip" are examples of:

• poetry

• onomatopoeia

• sounds

• rhymes

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"I was glad; so very, very glad" is an example of:

• repetition

• rhyme

• alliteration

• pattern

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"greenery, machintery, scenery" is an example of:

• repetition

• alliteration

• rhyme

• rhythm

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won." is an example of:

• rhythm

• rhyme

• alliteration

• allusion

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4