Elements of Poetry Vocabulary

Poetry can tell a story, describe a situation, or appeal to the senses.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Where each line of texts ends

• line break

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A group of lines within a poem

• line break

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Words with the same ending sounds at the end of lines or stanzas

• alliteration

• rhythm

• imagery

• rhyming words

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A pattern of stressed syllables that create a beat

• alliteration

• rhythm

• imagery

• rhyming words

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Words that create images that appeal to the senses

• alliteration

• rhythm

• imagery

• rhyming words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The same sound or letter at the beginning of words or lines

• alliteration

• rhythm

• imagery

• rhyming words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Lines or words that are repeated to stress importance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• rhyming words

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language:

I'm happy as a clam.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language:

BOOM! POP! Ring! Crack!

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5