Poetry Characteristics

a type of literature that uses the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words to describe the world in striking and imaginative ways

• lines
• rhymes
• poetry
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

descriptions that appeal to the five senses

• refrain
• imagery
• variations
• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

groups of words that poetry is divided into

• lines
• stanzas
• stanza break
• feet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

when rhymes follow a particular pattern

• variations
• imagery
• rhyme scheme
• stanza break

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

units of meaning in poetry that work together to express one idea

• stanzas
• stanza break
• lines
• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

the repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words

• poetry
• rhymes
• rhyme scheme
• variations

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

a blank line

• meter
• feet
• stanza break
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

units of stressed and unstressed syllables

• meter
• lines
• feet
• stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

a line or a group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals

• refrain
• variations
• meter
• rhymes

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

a pattern of rhythm

• variation
• imagery
• poetry
• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5