Poetry Terms

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• Alliteration
• Consonance
• Enjambment
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Hyperbole
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Repetition of consonant sounds within a word

• Consonance
• Assonance
• Paradox
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are the following an examples of?

Philadelphia Flyers, Ms. McGuffin, green grass, wonderful win

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What are the following an examples of?
Fleet feet sweep, last laugh

• Assonance
• Hyperbole
• Symbolism
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The following is an example of what?
Pitter patter

• Consonance
• Rhyme Scheme
• Slant Rhyme
• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Extreme exaggeration; can't possibly be true

• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Caesura
• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is this an example of?
I have 18 hours of homework tonight.

• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Assonance
• Parallel Structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Words that appeal to or evoke the senses

• Imagery
• Parallel Structure
• Metaphor
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the following an example of?
The boy was so bored by the lesson, he was pulling his hair out.

• Hyperbole
• Similie
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3