Poetry and Figurative Language Vocab

A group of lines in a poem

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The repetition of the same beginning sound, usually a consonant, in phrase or line of poetry

• Rhyming Words

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The author's use of description and words to create pictures in the reader's mind

• Personification

• Imagery

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A sound device in which sounds, words, or phrases are repeated to emphasize a point

• Imagery

• Simile

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Words that end in the same sound

• Alliteration

• Rhyming Words

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

An expression of ideas or feelings in words, usually having a form, rhythm, and rhyme.

• Poetry

• Personification

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A word used to show sound

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

two or more lines that end with rhyming words

• Imagery

• Poetry

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

the comparison of two things, saying one thing IS/WAS another

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The comparison of two things that are not really alike by using the words LIKE or AS

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D