Poetry Terms

Front

Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

What literary device is used in "seven snakes slithered silently"?

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

words that sound like the object or actions they refer to

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

boom, buzz, pow, bang

Back

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

Giving non-human objects human qualities

Back

Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

The sun smiled on the angry clouds.

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

words that have the same ending sounds

Back

rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RF.K.2A

Front

cat, bat, hat, sat

Back

rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RF.K.2A

Front

A comparison between two unlike things without using like, as, or than.

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

"My friend is a treasure." What figure of speech is used?

Back

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D