Poetic Devices-Definitions

A comparison between two unalike things that have something in common

• juxtaposition
• simile
• consonance
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the definition of Extended Metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as" between 2 unalike things that have something in common
• An implied comparison between 2 unalike things that have something important in common 
• A metaphor that continues for several stanzas or the length of a poem
• Placing 2 things that directly oppose each other (often abstract concepts) near each other or directly side-by-side so the reader can compare them.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge or experience with to understand

• Allusion
• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of Personification?

• Repetition of beginning consonant sounds
• A device where inanimate objects are given human characteristics
• Placing 2 things that directly oppose each other (often abstract concepts) near each other or directly side-by-side so the reader can compare them.
• The pattern of rhyme in a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A device where the speaker talks directly to an absent person, living or dead, or even a nonexistent person or thing as if it was capable of understanding

• Apostrophe
• Juxtaposition
• Onomatopoeia
• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Placing 2 things that directly oppose each other (often abstract concepts) near each other or directly side-by-side so the reader can compare them.

• Extended Metaphor
• Apostrophe
• Allusion
• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is the definition of Simile?

• Placing 2 things that directly oppose each other (often abstract concepts) near each other or directly side-by-side so the reader can compare them.
• A comparison between two unalike things that have something in common
• A comparison using "like" or "as" between 2 unalike things that have something in common
• A device where the author chooses nouns, adjectives, or verbs that paint a strong mental picture and often have layers of meaning. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A device where the author chooses nouns, adjectives, or verbs that paint a strong mental picture and often have layers of meaning. 

• Metaphor
• Vivid Word Choice
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The repetition of beginning consonant sound 

• Consonance
• Assonance
• Alliteration
• Vivid Word Choice

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of Onomatopoeia?

• Repetition of ending (of the word or stressed syllable) consonant sound 
• When a poet deliberately writes a sentence in a grammatical unusual way 
• A device where the author chooses nouns, adjectives, or verbs that paint a strong mental picture and often have layers of meaning. 
• Words that imitate the sound they are 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5