Poetry Vocabulary Review

a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature.

• Allusion

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a suggestion of what is to come later in a work by giving hints and clues.

• symbol

• tone

• foreshadow

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

human qualities assigned to non-human things

• personification

• repetition

• imagery

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an exaggeration or overstatement

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• idiom

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the repeating of a words or phrase within literature to create a rhythm or make a point.

• repetition

• oxymoron

• metphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the attitude of the writer or speaker.

• tone

• mood

• simile

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the feeling the reader gets while reading a passage.

• mood

• tone

• allusion

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

sound words

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• personification

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

an expression that means something different that what the words actually say.

• idiom

• allusion

• foreshadow

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a combination of contradictory terms

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A