Poetic Devices

What is the purpose of a poetic device?

• To evoke emotion/feeling

• To create rhythm and sound

• To make a text sound better

• To connect to a bigger picture/idea

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

My mother was the rock of our family, my father was like a hot air balloon.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This sports team is a Cinderella story!

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Apostrophe

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Seeing slithering snakes makes my spine shiver.

• Alliteration

• Apostrophe

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I remember the burning ember of late September.

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

My love is like a red, red rose that is newly sprung in June.

• Juxtapositoin

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He was young and full of life while she counted her days.

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

• Contrast/Compare

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

O Grave, where is they victory?

• Personification

• Apostrophe

• Allusion

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The trees danced in the wind

• Juxtaposition

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"I am a champion and you're gonna hear me roar!"

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5