Poetry Lingo

A brief reference to a real of fictional person, event, place, or work of art

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Ballad

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

A single line of poetry

• Verse

• Symbol

• Metaphor

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words

• Consonance

• Allusion

• Assonance

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

The author's specific word choice

• Meter

• Tone

• Theme

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of texts

• alliteration

• Rhythm

• Assonance

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

A story/narrative in poetic form

• Ballad

• Free verse

• Meter

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels.

• Meter

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

The author's specific word choice

• Diction

• Enjambement

• Free verse

• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

When one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line

• Onomatopoeia

• Enjambment

• Rhythm

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter

• Symbol

• Stanza

• Free Verse

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4