Poetic Devices

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• alliteration

• personification

• repetition

• meter

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The words a poet uses to describe one thing by comparing it to something else with which we are more familiar.

• figurative language

• imagery

• alliteration

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Comparing one thing to another without using "like" or "as".

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• blank verse

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

She was as wise as an owl.

• metaphor

• rhyme

• meter

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

The rain tapped a tune on my window.

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the rhyme pattern?

• AA B CC B

• AA BB CC

• AB AB AC

• AA BC BC

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.5

Human qualities given to animals, objects or ideas

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

repetition of the same sounds in a group of words

• repetition
• rhyme
• alliteration
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Dunkin' Donuts is an example of...

• repetition
• alliteration
• symbolism
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

The phrase quiet as a mouse would be an example of...

• metaphor
• extended metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A