Poetry Terms and Devices

a writer or speaker’s attitude toward a subject

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• tone

• allteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

anything that stands for itself and something else on a figurative level

• symbol

• allusion

• hyperbole

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a metaphor that extends over several lines or throughout the poem

• long metaphor

• extended metaphor

• big ol' metaphor

• speaker

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a comparison of two different things or ideas using the words "like" or "as"

• connatation

• denotation

• assonance

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the imaginary voice of the writer or author

• speaker

• shift of tone

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the writer's choice of words

• imagery

• diction

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an extreme exaggeration

• onomatopoeia

• anaphora

• consonance

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a reference to a well-known person, event or place, can be from history

• diction

• imagery

• allusion

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of two or more clauses or lines

• alliteration

• anaphora

• assonance

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem usually at the end of a stanza

• refrain

• shift of tone

• speaker

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4