Poetic Devices and Figurative Language

Repetition of initial consonant sounds: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that show sound: Snap! Crackle! Pop!

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• repeition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Repeating a word, phrase, or line for emphasis.

• rhyme

• repetition

• meter

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Words that end in the same sound have this trait: The fairy named Mary was known for being merry - and hairy!

• repetition

• rhyme

• meter

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Stating one thing is another to create a comparison: “He’s a sly fox.”

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Use of the word like or as to create a comparison between two things: “My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June” (Robert Burns).

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving an object human traits or characteristics, often to create imagery: The daisies danced in the breeze.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Extreme exaggeration: “I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week!”

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A group of lines in a poem.

• stanza

• couplet

• enjambment

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A pair of consecutive lines that rhyme: “Nature's first green is gold,/Her hardest hue to hold” (Robert Frost, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”)

• stanza

• couplet

• enjambment

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4