Poetry Terms

Using two or more words that starts with the same letter.

• simile

• alliteration

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Using the words 'like' or 'as' to describe something.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Describing something as if it is something else.

• cinquain

• onomatopeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

When words have the same vowel sound in them.

• consonace

• assonance

• quain

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The word for a sound. It often sounds like the noise it is meant to describe.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Using a word or phrase numerous times for effect.

• repetition

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

How many syllables words can be found in this poem;

The moments I took

to not hear your voice

as a single one

as a part of me

• 3

• 5

• 2

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RF.1.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

A part of a poem that is repeated after verses is _____

• chorus

• stanza

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Bitter Sweet

is an example of _____

• oxymoron

• hyberbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Using an exageration of idea to provide strong effect in a poem is the use of

• hyperbole

• consonance

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4