Poetry Terms

A reference to another text, historical event, art, etc.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A comparison of two unlike objects that uses like or as

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A comparison of two unlike objects

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To give human characteristics to inanimate/nonliving objects

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An exaggeration meant for effect

• Personification

• Allusion

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An authors uses details to appeal to the senses

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

A word or phrase that is used several times in a work, meant for effect

• Repetition

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A word that imitates the sound it makes

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The repetition of consonant sounds

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Words that are melodious or pleasing to the ears

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Cacophony

• Euphony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4