IB Poetry Terms

A poem that tells a story

• narrative poetry
• lyric poetry
• free verse
• blank verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Poetry that expresses thoughts and feelings

• narrative poetry
• lyric poetry
• blank verse
• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The overall feeling created for the reader

• Mood
• Foreshadowing
• Personification
• Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's attitude toward the subject matter

• mood
• tone
• imaagery
• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The implied meaning of the words

• connotation
• denotation
• free verse
• meter

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the literal meaning or dictionary meaning of the words

• connotation
• denotation
• onomatopoeia
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

   A 14 line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter

• free verse
• blanke verse
• couplet
• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When a line of poetry has ten syllables per line following an unstressed/stressed pattern

• couplet
• onomatopoeia
• iambic pentameter
• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives the poetry a rhythmic quality

• meter
• ssymbolism
• personification
• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The musical quality created by meter

• rhyme
• sonnet
• blank verse
• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9