Poetry Terms

The way a poem is laid out on the page

is called

• Stanza

• Line Break

• Paragraph

• Form

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

A group of lines in a poem

is called

• Stanza

• Line Break

• Paragraph

• Form

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

How many stanzas in the poem above?

• 1 stanza

• 2 stanzas

• 4 stanzas

• 8 stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

How many lines in the poem above?

• 1 line

• 2 lines

• 4 lines

• 8 lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood

is called

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

is called

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound is called

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison of

two different things

using "like" or "as"

is called

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A figure of speech that

offers an exaggerated

or extravagant statement

(that is not meant to be taken literally)

in order to highlight a point

is called

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A figure of speech that

gives human-like characteristics

to an abstract idea

or non-human thing

is called

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4