Figurative Language/Poetic Devices

comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

repeating the same starting sounds of words

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

exaggeration for effect

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

a regular pattern of stresses, like a beat

• rhythm
• repetition
• rhyme
• enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

when a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize

• rhythm
• repetition
• rhyme
• enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

who two words share the same final sound

• rhythm
• repetition
• rhyme
• enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines

• rhythm
• repetition
• rhyme
• enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• imagery
• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• imagery
• irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4