Poetry Vocab

the words or subject of a piece of writing

• form

• content

• stanza

• stanza break

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

a section of a poem; consists of a line or group of lines

• stanza

• form

• apostrophe

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

the shape, structure, or appearance of a piece of writing

• stanza

• content

• excerpt

• form

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

the place where a line ends

• paragraph

• line break

• stanza break

• poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

the blank space that divides two stanzas from each other

• stanzas

• poet

• stanza break

• poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present

• content

• apostrophe

• form

• line break

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

the attitude of a piece of writing

• mood

• tone

• feelings

• poem

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

a small part of a larger work (like a chapter in a book)

• excerpt

• tone

• stanza break

• paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

the repitition of words at the start of a series of lines in a poem

• form

• content

• poem

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

a comparison of two things using the words is or was

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D