Poetic Devices

Her smile is a ray of sunshine.

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Simple Simon sighed after he slipped on the sidewalk.

• assonance
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

The moon smiled down on us.

• metaphor
• personification
• simile
• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A paragraph of poetry is called a _______.

• line
• verse
• paragraph
• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.4.4

Words that help you imagine something via a sensory description.

• imagery
• hyperbole
• symbolism
• slant rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

This one has a little car.
This one has a little star.

• alliteration
• assonance
• couplet
• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

The color red represents love and white represents innocence.

• hyperbole
• rhythm
• simile
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Never, ever, ever, ever, give up!

• rhyme
• repetition
• symbolism
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The beat of the poem is called ________.

• rhyme
• connotation
• rhythm
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Her fear was a like a snake wrapping itself around her.

• imagery
• simile
• denotation
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3