Poetry Vocabulary #1

writing in shorter lines to slow the reader down

• alliteration

• imagery

• line breaks

• repitition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

saying that one thing IS something else

• metaphor

• imagery

• rhythm

• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving human traits to something that is not human

• imagery

• personification

• line breaks

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

repeating something to emphasize a message or theme

• simile

• alliteration

• repetition

• personificiation

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

• metaphor

• simile

• rhythm

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

using the same sound at the beginning of words

• imagery

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

makes you want to tap your feet

• repitition

• metaphor

• rhythm

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

helping the reader form a picture in their mind

• alliteration

• imagery

• repitition

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a piece of writing that conveys a message through language and often relates to culture, art, nature, or life

• poem

• line breaks

• metaphor

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A poem of Japanese origin, composed of three lines and seventeen syllables.​

It’s written in a 5/7/5 syllable count and does not rhyme

• poem

• verse

• stanza

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D