Poetry Terms

The speaker of a poem is...

• the writer or poet

• the person who recites the poem

• identified by tone and context clues.

• depends on the time period or era

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A grouping of lines in poetry is called...

• verse

• stanza

• verse OR stanza

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Imagery is...

• details that activate taste, sight, touch, smell and sound

• an image of something

• poetic language

• descriptive verbs

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Mood is...

• the same as tone

• the feeling that you get from a text; the atmosphere

• how the author feels

• always changing

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is NOT an example of a symbol:

• chains

• white dove

• full moon

• soup

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Metaphors and similes are used to...

• make poems unrealistic

• make comparisons

• confuse readers

• distract from the overall message

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Themes in poetry are...

• meanings and messages about life or human nature

• not to be taken literally

• always relatable

• usually negative

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Connotation is...

• the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression

• an educated guess about the meaning

• the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression

• the way a word sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Rhyme scheme is...

• the pattern of rhyming

• most words in the poem rhyme

• only used in sonnets

• the first word of each line rhymes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Allusion is...

• similar sounding words

• repetition of words

• always a reference to the bible

• a reference to something

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4