Poetry Vocabulary

Front

The repeated use of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

Back

repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words.

Back

rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Front

A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.

Back

stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

What are groups of lines in a poem that provide a natural break?

Back

Stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

What is a repeated pattern of sound?

Back

Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is it called when the ending sound of a word corresponds to another word?

Back

Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is it called when words or lines of a poem are repeated?

Back

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

How many stanzas does the poem have?

Back

3 stanzas

Front

I am who I am.

I do not care.

You are who you are.

Let them all stare.

Back

This poem has 4 lines.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

This is an example of _________________.

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free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4