Poetry Vocab

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What is a Metaphor?

Back

A comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as.

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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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What is Repetition in poetry?

Back

To repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is Alliteration?

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The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is Meter in poetry?

Back

A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated.

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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What is a Simile?

Back

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

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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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What is Rhyme?

Back

Words that end in the same sound.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is Imagery in poetry?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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What is a Stanza?

Back

A division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains.

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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What is Personification?

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Giving human qualities to non-human things.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Words that imitate sounds.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5