Poetry

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Diction
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Theme

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A figure of speech in which an exaggerated statement is made.

• Hyperbole
• Enjambment
• Assonance
• Free Verse

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A word that sounds like what it means. 

• Onomatopoeia
• Consonance
• Metaphor
• Verse

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An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

• Symbol
• Theme
• Allusion
• Enjambment

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The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

• Theme
• Tone
• Verse
• Hyperbole

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Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

• Plot Elements
• Figurative Language
• Sensory Language
• Literal Language

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse

• Lines
• Chorus
• Stanza
• Refrain

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The pattern of end rhyme 

• Rhythm
• Rhyme
• Rhyme Scheme
• Slant Rhyme

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

• optical illusion

• imagery

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

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What is a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• verse

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

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