Poetry Terms

Defined by lack of structure

• Limerick
• Rhythm
• Free Verse
• Lines

Uses like or as to compare two things

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Gives human qualities to nonhuman subjects

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• imagery
• personification

Poems shaped like their subjects

• haiku
• lyric poem
• concrete poem
• free verse

Repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the ends of words

• rhyme
• refrain
• meter
• stanzas

Tells a story in verse--has elements of fiction like plot and character

• free verse
• ballad
• narrative poem
• lyric poem

Traditional Japanese three line poem

• refrain
• cinquain
• limerick
• haiku

Songlike poem that tells stories of adventure

• Lyric Poem
• Ballad
• Figurative Language
• Narrative Poem

Describes one thing as if it is another

• Simile
• Denotation
• Connotation
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Humorous, rhyming, five line poem

• Haiku
• Limerick
• Narrative Poem
• Stanzas