Academic Vocabulary 2.3

Poem that tells a story is called ___________.

• narrative poem
• biography 
• lyrical poem 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A poem that expresses feelings about a specific idea or topic; uses rhythm and rhyme is called a_________. 

• narrative poem
• biography 
• lyrical poem 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A letter or word that is repeated over and over in a poem.

• repetition 
• rhyme 
• narrative poem 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When words in a line begin with the same letter.
Example: My mom made monkey masks Monday morning. 

• alliteration 
• repetition 
• free verse poem 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A composition written in verse that often uses rhyme and rhythm is a _______. 

• biography
• poem
• author 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The author of a poem is called a _____. 

• poet
• poem
• autobiography 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A single row of words in a poem. They are not sentences and may be short or long. 

• lines
• stanza
• rhyme 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

A group of lines like a paragraph. 

• stanza
• lines
• paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Words that sound the same or have the same ending. 

• rhyme
• repetition
• lines 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Repeating patterns of sounds in poems or songs. 

• rhythm
• speaker
• stanza 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4