Poetry Terms

repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words

• alliteration

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

seven snakes slithered silently

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

words that sound like the object or actions they refer to

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• rhyme

• similie

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

boom, buzz, pow, bang

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• rhyme

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

giving non-human objects human qualities

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The sun smiled on the angry clouds.

• personification

• alliteration

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

words that have the same ending sounds

• rhyme

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

cat, bat, hat, sat

• rhyme

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

A comparison between two unlike things without using like, as, or than.

• metaphor

• simile

• symbol

• meter

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

My friend is a treasure.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• meter

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D