Poetic Devices

Whom (or what) the poem addresses throughout the poem- extended metaphor

• Imagery

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Conceit

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Feelings or meanings conveyed in the poem

• Tone

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Speaker

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme

• Conceit

• Stanza

• Symbol

• Onomatopoeia

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 comparison between two unlike things using like or as

• Hyperbole

• Assonance

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Giving human qualities or characteristics to animals or inanimate objects

• Personification

• Conceit

• Imagery

• Speaker

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a group or words close together

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of a vowel sound

• Assonance

• Stanza

• Symbol

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Overstatement or exaggeration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An object or idea that stands for something else

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Tone

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The use of words of which imitate sound

• Symbol

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Conceit

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5