Poetry DOK 1 Vocabulary

DOES NOT create a picture in our mind

• Metaphors

• Rhyme or rhythm

• Similes

• Imagery

Why are poems considered special?

• They follow strict rules

• They tell stories

• They don't follow the rules of regular writing

• They use complex language

LINE in poetry

• A complete sentence

• A single row of words

• A paragraph

• A type of poem

Purpose of a stanza

• To add rhythm

• To separate different ideas

• To make the poem longer

• To rhyme with other stanzas

How do you find THEME in a poem?

• Find the rhyme scheme

• Find the lesson the character or narrator learned

• Find how long the poem is

• Find who wrote the poem

A type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used in poetry

• Lines

• Rhythm

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

Part of the STRUCTURE of a poem

• Stanza

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Giving human traits to non-human objects

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Used to MAKE INFERENCES about topics or events in poetry

• Direct statements

• Clues from the poem

• Rhyming words

• The title of the poem