Poetry Terms

A group of lines in a poem is called a...

• paragraph

• stanza

• sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

A poem with 5 lines that is usually funny and follows a rhyme scheme is called a...

• haiku

• limerick

• free verse

• ballad

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Rhyme is...

• similar/same ending sounds

• similar/same beginning sounds

• beat of stressed/unstressed syllables

• repeated words/phrases

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition is...

• similar/same ending sounds

• similar/same beginning sounds

• beat of stressed/unstressed syllables

• repeated words/phrases

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Onomatopoeia is a...

• word that imitates a sound

• strong imagery

• a word that appeals to one of the five senses

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A phrase that compares two things and uses "like" or "as" is a...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A phrase that compares two things as if one thing IS or WAS the other thing is a...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A dramatic statement or exaggeration is a...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Giving humanlike qualities to a nonhuman object is...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A