Poetry and Figurative Language Vocabulary

a piece of writing often having a rhythm that tells a story or describes a feeling

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

1. a unit of meaning in a poem (can be 1 word, a phrase, or a sentence)

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

lines grouped together in a poem, like a paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

 the repetition of sounds at the end of lines or within lines

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning using imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices​ (a)  

• figurative language

• speaker

• mood

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

compares 2 unlike things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

compares 2 unlike things without using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

an elaborate way of expressing yourself in which you don’t say exactly what you mean

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

figurative language that gives human qualities to nonhuman things

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a word that sounds like what it means (bang, thump, crash)

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.4.5