Poetic Techniques

What is tone?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• When two or more words close to each other or on the same line have the same vowel sound

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is alliteration?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• When two or more words close to each other or on the same line have the same vowel sound

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is onomatopoeia?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is metaphor?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two things are compared without using the words ‘as’, ‘like’ or ‘than’.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is personification?

• When a writer attributes human quality to an animal, object or idea.

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two things are compared without using the words ‘as’, ‘like’ or ‘than’.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is imagery?

• When a writer attributes human quality to an animal, object or idea.

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• the picture you imagine in your head while reading the poem.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is hyperbole?

• When a writer attributes human quality to an animal, object or idea.

• Strong exaggeration

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• the picture you imagine in your head while reading the poem.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is assonance?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• When two or more words close to each other or on the same line have the same vowel sound

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is sibilance?

• a whispering/hissing ‘S’ sound

• When two or more words close to each other or on the same line have the same vowel sound

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two or more words close to each other or on the same line begin with the same letter

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is simile?

• how the poet feels about what she/he is writing (joyful, angry, bitter, self-pity etc.)

• when a word sounds like what it is describing

• When two things are compared using the words ‘as, ‘like, or ‘than’

• when two things are compared without using the words ‘as’, ‘like’ or ‘than’.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D