Poetry Terms Review 2020

The overall moral or lesson of a poem

• theme

• allegory

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

Using images or symbols to represent an idea

• allegory

• allusion

• symbolism

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Using like or as to compare two things

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The overall pattern of rhyming words in an entire poem

• rhyme scheme

• couplet

• stanza

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

Giving human characteristics to describe a non living thing or animal

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Sound words

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• allegory

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

The way the AUTHOR feels about the subject/words they use

• tone

• mood

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3B

CCSS.RL.6.4

The way the READER feels from the AUTHORS word choices

• mood

• tone

• feelings

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Comparing two things WITHOUT using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• theme

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Using 5 sense words to paint a picture in the mind of the reader

• imagery

• symbolism

• allusion

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D