Understanding Poetry Concepts and Terms

Verse

• the moral or lesson the story the author wants you to learn

• poetry that uses descriptive words and figurative language; does not have a regular rhyme pattern

• repetition of the same beginning sound in a group of words

• a single line in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Personification

• when human characteristics are given to nonhuman things

• an expression that is not literal, usually a popular saying

• compares two unlike things the words like or as

• a form of figurative language that uses exaggeration to describe something that is impossible

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Rhymed Verse Poetry

• a group of lines in a poem

• a single line in a poem

• poetry that has a pattern of rhyming

• poetry that uses descriptive words and figurative language; does not have a regular rhyme pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Theme

• language that doesn't have a literal meaning

• poetry that has a pattern of rhyming

• the moral or lesson of the story the author wants you to learn

• poetry that uses descriptive words and figurative language; does not have a regular rhyme pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Figurative Language

• a comparison of two things that says that something is something else

• a form of language that uses exaggeration to describe something that is impossible

• language that doesn't have a literal meaning

• repetition of the same beginning sound in a group of words

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Metaphor

• a comparison of two things that says that something is something else

• when human characteristics are given to nonhuman things

• poetry that uses descriptive words and figurative language; does not have a regular rhyme pattern

• poetry that has a pattern of rhyming

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Idiom

• an expression that is not literal, usually a popular saying

• a comparison of two things that says that something is something else

• language that does not have a literal meaning

• a group of lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Alliteration

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as

• the moral or lesson of the story the author wants you to learn

• repetition of the same beginning sound in a group of words

• an expression that is not literal, usually a popular saying

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Free Verse Poetry

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as

• poetry that has a pattern of rhyming

• poetry that uses descriptive words and figurative language; does not have a regular rhyme pattern

• language that doesn't have a literal meaning

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Similie

• a group of lines in a poem

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as

• a single line in a poem

• poetry that has a pattern of rhyming

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5