Poetry Vocabulary Terms

Front

alliteration

Back

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

allusion

Back

passing reference or indirect mention

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

assonance

Back

the repetition of similar vowels in successive words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

caesura

Back

a break or pause in the middle of a verse line

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

couplet

Back

a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

enjambment

Back

continuation from one line of verse into the next line

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

hyperbole

Back

extravagant exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

litotes

Back

understatement for rhetorical effect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Front

metaphor

Back

a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

octave

Back

a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4