Poetry and Literary Elements Definitions

What is a comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Repetition

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as?

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

An inanimate object is given human like characteristics

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a great exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

at the beginning of words, there is a repetition of consonants

• Consonance

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

anywhere in the words, there is repetition of vowels

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Repetition

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

anywhere in words, there is repetition of consonant sounds

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Metaphor

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

words that sound like the name of the word

• Rhyme

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Words or phrases are repeated

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Sound alike endings of words

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5