Poetic Devices

What are poem chunks called (like paragraphs)

• rhyme scheme

• themes

• stanzas

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

The poet's attitude about the subject of the poem

• tone

• theme

• free verse

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The use of words to create mental pictures

• metaphor

• irony

• alliteration

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Close deliberate repetition of consonant sounds

• assonance

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Poetry without rhyme or rhythm patterns

• hyperbole

• scheme

• free verse

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

When what happens or is said is directly contrary to what is expected

• irony

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Author's word choice or style of speaking

• hyperbole

• diction

• denotaton

• synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

Using an image or object to stand for something else

• imagery

• theme

• symbolism

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D