Poetry Terms

repetition of beginning consonant sounds of words

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a word that imitates the sound it represents

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

repetition of vowel sounds within a group of words

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

gives the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or idea

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

words, phrases, or impressions that are not interpreted logically or literally and have cultural connotations

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

descriptive words that create a picture in the reader's mind (appeals to the senses)

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

repetition of consonant sounds within a group of words

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

rhyme pattern in a poem (marked with letters)

• alliteration

• meter

• rhyme scheme

• extended metaphor

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a row of words in a poem

• meter

• line

• stanza

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

a comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT the use of "like" or "as"

• theme

• imagery

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D