Poetic Device Vocabulary

written lines grouped in stanzas

• alliteration

• assonance

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

repetition of a consonant sounds

• alliteration

• assonance

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

words that imitate sounds

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition of vowel sounds

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

repetition of a sound; usually in a scheme

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line or lines of poetry

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

compares dissimilar things by using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a direct comparison of unlike things

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• simile

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

sensory description; use words to help the readers see, hear, taste, feel, or smell

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5