Poetry Vocabulary Flashcard

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What is Symbolism?

Back

When an object or thing represents something else, such as an idea, another object, a person, or a place.

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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 group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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What is a Rhyme Scheme?

Back

The final rhyme pattern in a poem, noted with lowercase letters, where each different letter represents a different rhyme.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is a Line Break?

Back

The end of a line of a poem and the beginning of a new line.

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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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What is a Line in poetry?

Back

A single line of words in a poem.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

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What is Mood in poetry?

Back

The emotional feeling or atmosphere that a poem creates for the reader.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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What is Tone in poetry?

Back

The attitude or approach that the author takes toward the poem's central theme or subject.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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What is Imagery in poetry?

Back

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a visual representation 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 Alliteration?

Back

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of 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 Rhythm in poetry?

Back

The pattern of sounds and beats in a poem, created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4