Poetic Devices

Words that imitate a sound

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Words used exaggerate to emphasize a point or make something sound much more dramatic

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Words in a phrase or line that have the same repeating beginning sound

• Personification

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Giving objects or animals human qualities

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Phrases that have a figurative meaning, not literal meaning

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Words in a phrase or line that have repeating vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• Repetition

• Assonance

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Compares two unlike things (used to describe someone or something)

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Lines or words that are repeated (because they are important)

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Words in a phrase or line that have repeating consonant sounds within non-rhyming words

• Metaphor

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Compares two things using “like” or “as” (used to describe someone or something)

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D