CCSS ELA Poetry Standards

CCSS ELA Poetry Standards | Free Printable CCSS ELA Poetry TEST Prep, Worksheets and Resources

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range

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CCSS ELA Poetry Standards Work Sheet

CCSS ELA Poetry Worksheet with Game Cards 

CCSS ELA TEST PREP

Name _____________________________ Date ___________________

Instructions: Choose the best tier 3 poetry term for each question.

1. a figure of speech in which two different things are compared, often linked by "like" or "as," as in, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb". (Cf. metaphor.)

 metaphor  free verse  imagery  simile

2. a group of related lines in a poem that are separated with a break (typographically spaced) from other similar groups and that often have a regular meter and rhyme scheme.

 alliteration  denotation  stanza  epic

3. images, especially figurative ones, in art or writing, visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work. (Cf. Heart = Love)

 imagery  connotation  denotation  simile

4. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used to describe one thing in terms of another in a non-literal way, such as "drowning in work".

 epic  assonance  free verse  metaphor

5. referring or pertaining to a long poem that celebrates a hero or heroes and recounts their deeds in a grand style.

 epic  connotation  simile  imagery

6. repetition of the same consonant sound in the stressed or initial syllables of words in a phrase or sentence.

 alliteration  connotation  imagery  denotation

7. a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning.

 connotation  assonance  free verse  epic

8. in poetry, use of the same vowel sounds in the accented syllables but with different consonants, as in "deep" and "feet".

 free verse  simile  metaphor  assonance

9. poetry in which there are no regular rhymes, stanzaic forms, or metrical patterns.

 metaphor  free verse  simile  denotation

10. an precise, agreed-upon meaning of a word, as distinguished from connotation. (Cf. connotation.)

 imagery  epic  alliteration  denotation

Bonus Word

11. the use of a word or a phrase, which transcends its literal interpretation (real meaning not understood from word or a phrase ).

      free verse  simile  metaphor  figure of speech

a figure of speech in which two different things are compared, often linked by  "like" or "as," as in, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb". (Cf. metaphor.)	Move 5  metaphor  free verse  imagery  simile
a group of related lines in a poem that are separated with a break (typographically spaced) from other similar groups and that often have a regular meter and rhyme scheme.	Move 6  alliteration  denotation   stanza  epic
images, especially figurative ones, in art or writing, visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work. (Cf. Heart = Love)	Move 3  imagery  connotation   denotation  simile
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used to describe one thing in terms of another in a non-literal way, such as "drowning in work"	Move 1  epic  assonance   free verse  metaphor
referring or pertaining to a long poem that celebrates a hero or heroes and recounts their deeds in a grand style.	Move 5  epic  connotation   simile  imagery
repetition of the same consonant sound in the stressed or initial syllables of words in a phrase or sentence	Move 6  alliteration  connotation   imagery  denotation

the use of a word or a phrase, which transcends its literal interpretation (real meaning not understood from word or a phrase ).	Move 3  free verse  simile  metaphor  figure of speech
an precise, agreed-upon meaning of a word, as distinguished from connotation. (Cf. connotation.)	Move 6  imagery  epic  alliteration  denotation
poetry in which there are no regular rhymes, stanzaic forms, or metrical patterns.	Move 1  metaphor  free verse  simile  denotation
in poetry, use of the same vowel sounds in the accented syllables but with different consonants, as in "deep" and "feet".	Move 5  free verse  simile  metaphor  assonance
a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning.	Move 4  alliteration  connotation  imagery  denotation