Poetry Vocabulary 2025

What is the term for the following definition? Poetry that does not rhyme or follow any patterns.

• Free Verse Poem

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Limerick

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the term for the following definition? Two lines of poetry that go together either because of rhythm or rhyme. They are usually in their own stanza.

• Couplet

• Stanza

• Quatrain

• Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the term for the following definition? The repetition of sounds in words (The dog jumped over the log to get a better look at the frog.)

• Rhyme

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for the following definition? A paragraph in a poem or groups of line in a poem.

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Verse

• Chorus

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the term for the following definition? A word or phrase used more than once. Sometimes poets repeat words, phrases, lines of poetry, or even whole stanzas.

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for the following definition? The repetition of a grammatical structure that allows the poet to emphasize important ideas and add to the musical quality of the poem.

• Parallel Structure

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for the following definition? A comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the term for the following definition? A comparison between two unlike things, not using the words like or as, but simply identifies the two things.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the term for the following definition? A figure of speech in which an animal, idea, or inanimate object is given human characteristics.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for the following definition? A very OBVIOUS exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4