Poetic Devices

a comparison of two things using like or as

• stanza

• simile

• irony

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the attitude of the narrator or author's writing

• mood

• irony

• stanza

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the atmosphere that is prevalent in the poem and that evokes certain feelings and emotions in the reader

• tone

• theme

• allusion

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the lesson or the take away from a text; the universal lesson the author wants the reader to learn

• rhyme

• theme

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

the organization of stressed words through accented and unaccented syllables

• repetition

• connotation

• alliteration

• rhythm (meter)

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a unit of poetic lines (like a "paragraph" in a poem)

• tone

• simile

• imagery

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other

• denotation

• connotation

• alliteration

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

giving human qualities to something that is not human

• personification

• alliteration

• connotation

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

a brief reference to some person, historical even, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character

• audience

• allusion

• ambiguity

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike

• imagery

• tone

• theme

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4