Poetry Vocabulary

Lines are grouped in

• stanzas

• alphabetical order

• random order

• segments

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is a comparison between two things using like or as?

• Simile
• Symbolism
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is it called when an author gives a nonhuman thing human traits

• Alliteration
• Symbolism
• Personification
• Animalification

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What do we call the main message an author hopes to convey?

• Topic
• Focus
• Theme
• Thesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What do similes and metaphors have in common?

• They are examples of form.
• They don't have anything in common.
• They both use "like" or "as".
• They both compare two things.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Which is an example of personification 

• The street is my heart
• It was so hot we fried
• My eggs stared back like sick eyes
• Bam! Pow!

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which is an example of imagery?

• I feel hot, I hear the waves, my toes touch the sand.

• I love the stars like a woman loves her child

• I enjoy reading

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the following is a simile?

• He is as tall as a tree!
• He is the tallest man in the world!
• He is taller than my dad!
• He is a tree standing in the middle of the court!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What are the "paragraphs" of poems?

• sections
• stanzas
• paragraphs
• forms

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

Stanzas are made up of _____________.

• lines
• other stanzas
• figurative language
• rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4