Poetry Vocabulary

Any writing that uses words for their sound, rhythm, as well as their meaning.

• Poetry

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Ordinary writing that expresses ideas in simple, direct language. Examples: Newspapers, novels, or textbooks.

• Poetry

• Prose

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Measures a poems rhythm. (number of syllables, patterns of stressed and unstressed words)

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Pattern of repetition of sounds.

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Repetition of similar sounds. (found at the end of words)

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Pattern. Intervals between syllables.

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repeating of words or phrases.

• Rhythm

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

No rhyme scheme or meter. The lines are broken up as the writer sees fit.

• Stanza

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The lines of a poem. (similar to the paragraphs in an essay)

• Stanzas

• Meters

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4