Poetry Terms #1

A ______ is a question, usually humorous, to be solved.

• rhythm

• riddle

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

_______ are pauses that divide a poem into lines, allows for the poem to be read more smoothly

• line breaks

• stanza

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

A group of lines that form a verse (like a paragraph)

• meter

• rhyme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

the person telling a story (communicating a message in a poem)

• poet

• narrator

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the rhythmic structure in poetry (made up of stressed and unstressed syllables)

• meter

• rhyme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

words that have the same or similar ending sounds.

• internal rhyme

• repetition

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a rhyme within the same line of poetry

• rhythm

• internal rhyme

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

the pattern of rhyming lines in poetry (ex: AABB, ABAB)

• rhyme

• internal rhyme

• rhyme scheme

  (rhyming pattern)

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

lines or words are repeated in a poem

• repetition

• meter

• rhyming pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

a central or universal idea (expresses truth about human behavior)

**usually the "moral" or lesson learned**

• meter

• poet

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2