Poetry Vocabulary Terms

What is alliteration?

• A group of lines

• A pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• 14 lines with end rhymes

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which TWO of the following are an example of alliteration?

• She sells seashells by the seashore.

• He acts silly at times, but he was blessed with a brilliant brain.

• I might like to take a flight to an island in the sky.

• The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

......................................... is poetry that does not follow any particular rhyme scheme or pattern.

• Free verse

• Formal verse

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

There once was a man named Clark
Whose dog refused to bark
But when he gave the dog pie
It stopped being so shy
And is loud nonstop until dark

Which TWO sets of words are rhyming?

• Clark and bark

• shy and dark

• pie and shy

• bark and pie

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a rhyme?

• a group of lines in a poem

• words that have the same ending sound. Example: tree, bee

• an author of poetry

• compares two unlike things by saying one is the other. Example: She is a night owl.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is rhythm?

• a beat and/or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Example: da da dadada da da dadada

• an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

• lines or words that are repeated. Example: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is a Hyperbole?

• an author of poetry

• an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

• giving human qualities to non-human things. Example: The angry ocean swallowed the tiny ship.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is Repetition?

• lines or words that are repeated. Example: I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…

• repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.

• Words that help paint a picture in the reader’s mind. Example: Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is an Alliteration?

• a beat and/or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Example: da da dadada da da dadada

• Words that sound like the object or action they refer to. Example: Pow, Bang, Zap, Pop

• repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is imagery?

• compares two unlike things by saying one is the other. Example: She is a night owl.

• Words that sound like the object or action they refer to. Example: Pow, Bang, Zap, Pop

• Words that help paint a picture in the reader’s mind. Example: Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5