Poetry Terms & Devices

The speaker is:

• the voice of the author

• the voice of the poem

• the voice of the subject

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

“The cold, wet rain came down in buckets and drenched my clothes.” is an example of

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"It is the East, and Juliet is the sun." is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“The wooden canoe glided through the water like a knife in warm butter.” is an example of

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“The flowers waltzed in the gentle summer breeze.” is an example of

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

An author describing black crows lurking around the house of a villain in a text is an example of

• symbolism

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Running the trail was a breeze" is an example of

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• symbolism

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

"He grew as tall as a skyscraper once he hit sophomore year." is an example of

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• symbolism

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"I couldn't tell her reaction- her face was as stoic as the Mona Lisa." is an example of

• symbolism

• metaphor

• idiom

• allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"I wonder why I always want water on Wednesdays." is an example of

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• end rhyme

• assonance

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4