Poetry Terms and Figurative Language

includes an exaggeration which couldn't possible happen in real life

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• adage

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

the reader is able to create a picture in the reader's mind

• imagery

• hyperbole

• adage/proverb

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

to repeat sounds words, phrases or whole lines in a poem

• repetition

• rhyme scheme

• theme

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

pattern of rhymes, letter is assigned based on the end of the line, ex. ABAB

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning using imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices​ (a)  

• figurative language

• speaker

• mood

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

words that end in the same sound

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the musical quality of a poem

• rhythm

• stanza

• tone

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

figure of speech that means something different than the words used

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

concerning the author's attitude

• tone

• mood

• poetry

• feeling

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A group of lines in a poem

• Stanza

• Line

• Rhyme Scheme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D