Literary Devices - Poetry unit

Giving human like qualities to inanimate objects

• simile

• repetition

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Repeating the same word or phrase for effect

• symbolism

• imagery

• repetition

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison between two things using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A reference to someone or something famous

• alliteration

• allusion

• consonance

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Starting multiple words with the same letter or sound

• alliteration

• imagery

• allusion

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

• symbolism

• personification

• denotation

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A comparison between two unlike things without the use of like or as

• simile

• allusion

• metaphor

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When an object that stands for something greater than itself

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

• rhyme

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"The foxtails were as tall as skyscrapers" is an example of...

• simile

• alliteration

• rhyme

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A four leaf clover is often a symbol of what?

• love

• energy

• green

• luck

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5