Poetry Vocabulary Terms

a group of words in a line in a poem

• stanza

• line

• paragraph

• sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The way the poet chooses to arrange lines in the poem.

• line

• sentence

• paragraph

• structure

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

an element that writers use to make their writing more interesting and expressive.

• figurative language

• stanza

• structure

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the beat, the way the poem flows when you read it

• rhythm

• theme

• tone

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

words with the same sounds at the end.

• rhythm

• tone

• rhyme

• volume

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

the feeling or mood that the words give

• theme

• tone

• rhyme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

words that appeal to the senses (see, touch, feel, hear, sounds, taste, smell)

• tempo

• volume

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.

• symbol

• stanza

• syllable

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is it called when the ending sound of a word corresponds to another word?

• Rhythm

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

When words have ending sounds that correspond to one another
Example:  cat and hat

• metaphor

• rhythm

• rhyme

• poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4