Poetry Vocabulary

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words? 

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a line of space 

• stanza
• verse
• refrain
• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true and is not meant to be taken literally 

• personification
• simile
• hyperbole
• prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing is a dissimilar object or thing. 

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Words whose sounds imitate their meaning

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as 

• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia 
• stanza 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• hyperbole
• personification
• simile
• prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

literature that is not poetry; ex: most essays, short stories, novels, and plays 

• prose
• poetry
• limericks
• elegy

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a form of literature that uses rhythm, rhyme, sound, or structure to express something in an artistic way 

• prose 
• limericks
• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

meant to tell a funny story; has five lines; has the rhyme scheme AABBA

• limericks
• poetry
• elegy 
• narrative 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9