Poetry Terms

What is ... the repeating pattern of sounds of words

• alliteration

• repetition

• personification

• hyberbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is ... words that imitate the sounds they describe

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is ... repetition of sounds

• repetition

• alliteration

• stanza

• hyberbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is ... using figurative words to create a vision in the mind's eye of people, places, things, or ideas?

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is ... a figure of speech that makes a comparison or association between two things that are unrelated

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is ... words that sound similair at the end

• rhythm

• verse

• stanza

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is ... a regularly recurring pattern of words or sounds

• rhyme

• rhythm

• verse

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is ... a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two things that are alike in some way

• metaphor

• simile

• stanza

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is ... a group of phrases that form divisions in a poem

• stanza

• theme

• verse

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is ... a recurring idea expressed in the poem

• stanza

• verse

• theme

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D