Poetry Terms

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stanza

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A group of lines of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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end rhyme

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Rhyming words at the end of lines.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

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rhyme scheme

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The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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repetition

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The use, more than once, of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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mood

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The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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theme

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The centrel message, concern, or purpose of a literary work.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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personification

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A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human qualities.

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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simile

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A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike ideas.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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metaphor

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A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else that is unlike it.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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internal rhyme

Back

rhyming words within lines

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CCSS.RL.7.4