Poetry Terms and Figurative Language

The core unit of a poem

• line

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A group of lines (like a paragraph)

• stanza

• rhythm

• line

• pace

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The place where a line ends

• line break

• stanza

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

How fast or slow a poem is read. Short sentences speed up; longer sentences slow it down

• pace

• mood

• stanza

• form

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The feeling or atmosphere that the poet creates

• mood

• rhythm

• stanza

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A type of poem that praises and celebrates its subject

• ode

• lyric poem

• sonnet

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings, originally created to be sung

• lyric poem

• ode

• haiku

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Crunch, pop, bang, pow are each an example of an__________________?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

It's raining cats and dogs is an example of an...?

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The work of art spoke to us is an example of a...?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D