Poetic Language

What is figurative language?

• Language that means more than what the words say.
• Language that means just what the words say.

Definition:
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. 

• Alliteration
• Symbol
• Assonance
• Rhythm

Identify the simile.

• The tree danced in the wind.

• That little girl is as tough as nails!

• The cat that lives next door is the devil.

• Susie is fairly certain that life is a fashion show.

Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

The wind whispered the rumors of the forest.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Words or phrases that are repeated in writings to give emphasis

• alliteration
• repetition
• assonance
• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What poetic device is being used in the following example? "Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,"

• metaphor

• consonance

• imagery

• personification

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs
• Sentences & stanzas
• Lines & paragraphs
• Lines & stanzas

Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the chunks...

• stanzas
• sections
• staza
• stan

What sound device is being used in the following example? "To the swinging and the ringing of the bells, bells, bells..."

• metaphor

• simile

• repetition

• onomatopoeia