Poetry Terms

A message about life

• Repetition

• Theme

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Lines of a poem that are separated into groups

• form

• imagery

• rhythm

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The "beat" of a poem

• rhyme

• hyperbole

• rhythm

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

The repetition of a consonant at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The arrangement of a poem on a page

• stanza

• form

• free verse

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Repeating sounds, words, phrases or lines in a poem

• repetition

• rhyme

• free verse

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Words of phrases that appeal to the five senses

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• symbolism

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

One thing stands for the idea of another

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

• imagery

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Poems that don't have a regular rhythm or sound

• form

• alliteration

• free verse

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5