Poetic Terms

The Central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader is known as

• allusion

• theme

• tone

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The author’s specific word choice.

• diction

• enjambment

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An example of this is: “Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly.”

• assonance

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Examples of this include: “hissed,” “crackle,” and “splash.”

• personficiation

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An example of this is: “My heart’s a stereo.”

• metaphor

• ballad

• simile

• theme

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Alliteration

• A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• A word that sounds like what it means.

• A single line of poetry.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a stanza consisting of four lines

• quatrain

• sonnet

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

using words or language in a way that is different from the literal meaning

• figurative

• literal

• rhyme scheme

• end rhyme

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

involving the ordinary or usual meaning of words

• literal

• figurative

• enjambment

• quatrain

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a comparison using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A