Poetry Terms

Repeating sounds by using words whose beginning sounds are the same

• alliteration

• metaphor

• rhyme

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Using words that sound like their meanings

• imagery

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A figure of speech in which two things are compared using a phrase that includes the word like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Using the same words or phrases more than once for emphasis

• personification

• imagery

• repetition

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Using word with the same or similar ending sounds

• personification

• repetition

• rhyme

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Phrases that appeal to the five senses

• imagery

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Giving human characteristics to something that is not alive

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Comparing two things without using the words "like" or "as"

• alliteration

• metaphor

• imagery

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Using overstatement to show that something is important

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A