Poetry Terms

What is the term for a comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the term for when the narrator or speaker is outside the story?

• Simile

• Third-Person

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a stanza?

• A single line in a poem

• A group of lines within a poem

• A type of rhyme

• A poetic device

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What does imagery refer to?

• Words that create images in the reader’s mind

• A type of rhythm

• A group of lines within a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is onomatopoeia?

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• A type of rhyme

• A poetic device

• A group of lines within a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is rhyme?

• The repetition of the same sound(s) at the end of words

• A regular beat in music

• A type of stanza

• A poetic device

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is rhythm?

• A) A regular beat in music, poetry, or dance

• B) A type of rhyme

• C) A poetic device

• D) A group of lines within a poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is hyperbole?

• A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect

• A type of rhyme

• A poetic device

• A group of lines within a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the central idea?

• What the story or passage is mostly about

• A type of rhyme

• A poetic device

• A group of lines within a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is a sound device used to repeat the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words?

• simile

• visualize

• alliteration

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3