Poetry & Literary devices

a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles

• simile 
• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia

The giraffe nibbled at the leaves on the tree.

• literal language
• figurative language

sounds that imitate meanings
(pop, fizz, hiss)

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a comparison of one thing as if it were another

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

repeated consonant sounds at the ends of words
On the top of the step he will tip his cap.

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the representation of an animal or object that has the personality, actions, or emotions of a human

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a word or group of words repeat.

• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• repetition
• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Dance and prance in a trance. 

• repetition
• rhyme
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When you rhyme, listen to how the word sounds, not how it's spelled

• true
• false

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

"The storm screamed in the night" is an example of: 

• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Personification
• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3