2nd Poetry Vocabulary

A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story  in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)

• poetry

• prose

• nonfiction

• journalism

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

the author of the poem

• speaker

• narrator

• poet

• singer

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the “narrator” or voice of the poem

• poet

• speaker

• announcer

• singer

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the appearance of the words on the page

• stanza

• verse

• form

• line

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a group of words together on one line of the poem

• stanza

• line

• sonnet

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a group of lines arranged together, like a paragraph

• stanza

• simile

• line

• form

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

A type of poem where the speaker speaks thoughts aloud, even if alone

• soliloquy

• sonnet

• verse

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A type of poem with fourteen lines

• soliloquy

• sonnet

• free verse

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• consonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds

• consonance

• assonance

• metaphor

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4