Poetry Vocabulary

A comparison between two unlike items using a specific comparison word such as like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman such as an animal, inanimate object, or abstract notion.

• symbol

• stylistic device

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques.

• epic poetry

• lyric poetry

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Language layered with meaning by word images and figures of speech; it departs from literal meaning.

• persona

• imagery

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often, forms of the "to be" verb are used such as is or was to help make the comparison.

• metaphor

• simile

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The use of details in writing that an author uses to help the reader experience the five senses.

• syllable

• symbol

• sensory language

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The repeated use of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas.

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The speaker is not part of the story, but narrates the thoughts and feelings of a single character while other characters are presented only externally.

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.

• symbol

• stanza

• syllable

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

An object or action that represents something other than its literal meaning

• assonance

• meter

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3