Poetry Vocab

Sentences OR a row of a poem

• Stanza

• Line

• Refrain

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A person who writes a poem.

• Author

• Speaker

• Poet

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The voice that talks to the reader in a poem.

• Poet

• Speaker

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Looks like a paragraph found in a poem.

• Topic

• Theme

• Line

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison without using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

word choice, figurative language, structure, imagery, meter, rhyme scheme etc.

• Stylistic Elements

• Metaphor

• Poet

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Diction

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

the subject of a poem

• Theme

• Topic

• Tone

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D