Poetry Terms

the repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Octave
• Example: "Love is like a red rose."
• Couplet
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

indirect or passing reference to some person, place, or event. This could be biblical, historical, literary, artistic, etc. The nature of the reference is not explained because the writer relies on the reader's familiarity with it.

• Metaphor
• Rhyme
• Quatrain
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a speech addressed to a dead or absent person or an abstract object.

• Apostrophe
• Symbol
• Sonnet
• Quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

A group of lines that repeat

• Alliteration
• Free Verse
• Chorus
• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Implied or additional meaning for a word or phrase. These meanings are often subjective. For example, patriotism, which means love for one's country, can have many individual meanings.

• Rhyme
• Sonnet
• Hyperbole
• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

two consecutive lines that rhyme with each other

• Repetition
• Speaker
• Couplet
• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a poem with no set rhythm or rhyme scheme.

• Symbol
• Free Verse
• Chorus
• Epic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a three line poem consisting of 17 syllables (5, 7, 5 syllables)

• Hyperbole
• Symbol
• Haiku
• Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a figure of speech that uses exaggeration for effect.

• Hyperbole
• Haiku
• Triplet
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two things. Example: life is a dream

• Metaphor
• Repetition
• Symbol
• Haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D