Emily Dickinson Poetic Terms and Vocabulary

The underlying message in a poem is the:

• theme

• scheme

• dashes

• meter

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A group of lines makes up the "paragraphs" of a poem

• rhyme

• theme

• stanzas

• rhythm

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Dickinson used ____ in a variety of ways, usually to denote interruptions or abrupt shifts in thought.

• periods

• dashes

• commas

• exclamation points

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

________is the occurrence of identical or similar sounds at the end of words.

• scheme

• simile

• Rhythm

• Rhyme scheme

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Giving human qualities to an object, animal, idea or abstract concept is:

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The basic unit of meter in the poem is called ______.

• tooth

• feet

• foot

• teeth

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables creates a _____.

• rythm

• rhythm

• rhyme

• sequence

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

_____ refers to the pattern of end rhyme in a poem

• Rhyme scheme

• Rhyme pattern

• Rhythm scheme

• Rhythm pattern

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When the sounds are similar rather than the same, this is called____ ___.

• scheme rhyme

• end rhyme

• different rhyme

• slant rhyme

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CCSS.RL.7.4

________ is a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4