Poetry Vocabulary Practice

A type of artistic writing that attempts to stir a reader’s thoughts and emotions.

• Rhyming pattern

• Poetry

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A grouped set of writing in a poem.

• Alliteration

• Refrain

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A line or phrase that is repeated in a poem.

• Refrain

• Simile

• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A pair of two lines in a poem, ending words in each line rhyme.

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A poem or a stanza that contains 4 lines that rhyme in some manner.

• Quatrain

• Octave

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A poem or a stanza that contains 8 lines that often rhyme.

• Rhyming Pattern

• Metaphor

• Octave

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Compares 2 unlike things using the words “like” or “as”.

• Couplet

• Simile

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A direct comparison of 2 unlike things.

• Quatrain

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

When an author gives an object human qualities.

• Personification

• Octave

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A word that represents a sound. (swoosh, bam, pow)

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5