Poetry terms

A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The repetition of vowel sounds

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Theme

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The repetition of initial first letter

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Repetition

• Theme

Create a picture in your mind with words

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Tone

• Meter

The use of words which imitate sound

• Metaphor

• Interjection

• Meter

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Define ALLITERATION -

• sound words like "boom" or "pop"

• repeating the first letter of closely connected words

• comparing using "like" or "as"

• giving human qualities to a nonhuman

What device is used in this sentence?
Fruit is fuel for healthy body. 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What's the meaning of this simile?

"My teacher can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my homework on time."

• Their hair is red.

• They talk really loudly.

• They get really angry.

• They spit when they talk.

What device is used in this sentence?
Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Crash! Crunch! Grunt! yelped my dog as he jumped on the table and fell" is an example of:

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3