Poetic Devices and Elements

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Similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs (frog/log. OR sand/land)

Back

Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The musical quality, or beat, in a poem

Back

Rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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The repeating of sounds, words, or phrases in poetry

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Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Visually descriptive language used to create pictures in the reader's mind. The poet may use adjectives (describing words) that appeal to the five senses.

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Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another using 'like' or 'as'.

Julie is as fast as a cheetah.

The plane soared into the sky like an eagle.

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Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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A figure of speech in which two things are compared without using "like" or "as"

Her eyes are sapphires.

The orange was a fireball.

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Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

The seagulls swooped towards the salty ocean.

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Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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A word that sounds like the noise or action associated with it (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle, boom).

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Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman (a thing or animal).

The trees whispered in the dark.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

A single row of words in a poem.

Back

Lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4