Poetry Stanzas

Poetic sounds create a specific sound effect (harsh or pleasing) in order to emphasize the poem’s overall meaning.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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The repetition/correspondence of identical sounds at the ENDS of lines of poetry.

Example:

I love to pet my cat.

But my cat doesn't care about that.

• onomatopoeia

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

• consonance

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The repetition/correspondence of identical sounds WITHIN a line of poetry.

Oh how it seems that my dreams can't come true.

I try and try, to make myself fly.

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

• alliteration

• assonance

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

REPETITION is the repeating of a sound, word, phrase in a given literary work.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The repetition of CONSONANT sounds at the BEGINNINGS of words.

Tiny Tim had only just tried to tie his tennis shoes.

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The repetition of identical or similar VOWEL sounds in nearby words.

The evening sky deepened, darkening the green of the trees.

• consonance

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Repetition of the same CONSONANT sounds WITHIN in the word.

Silly Billy got up really early.

• consonance

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• end rhyme

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The use of words that create the sound that they describe.

"Bam!", "Swoosh", "Moo", "Cricket", "Achooo!"

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a stanza?

• A repetition of sounds in a poem.

• The arrangements of lines into groups, like a paragraph.

• When consonant sounds repeat.

• When there is a period at the end of a line of poetry.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

How many lines of poetry does a couplet have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5