Figurative Language & Poetry Terms

Compares two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Compares two unlike things without using like or as; says one thing is another

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Describes non-human things as if they are human

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The way in which the words and lines are arranged on the page

• form

• stanza

• pace

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

The core unit of a poem

• line

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

A group of lines (like a paragraph)

• stanza

• rhythm

• line

• pace

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The place where a line ends

• line break

• stanza

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

How fast or slow a poem is read. Short sentences speed up; longer sentences slow it down

• pace

• mood

• stanza

• form

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The feeling or atmosphere that the poet creates

• mood

• rhythm

• stanza

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

The use of words and phrases that convey how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste

• imagery

• theme

• allusion

• line break

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3