Poetry Devices

Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of neighboring words.

• alliteration

• assonance

• connotation

• consonance

Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• connotation

Connotation

• Ideas and feelings associated with a word

• repetition of consonant sounds in neighboring words

• a pair of rhymed lines

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Repetition of consonant sounds in neighboring words

• connotation

• couplet

• consonance

• assonance

A pair of rhymed lines in a poem

• couplet

• denotation

• free verse

Denotation

• dictionary definition of a word

• repetition of key sounds

• use of form in a poem

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Life is a journey" is an example of which poetic device?

• imagery

• mood

• metaphor

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

A group of lines within a poem (similar to a paragraph in a story).

• stanza

• tone

• form

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

a huge exaggeration

• repetition

• hyperbole

• lyric

• denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Simile

• another word for song

• a use of connotation

• the way a poem is written

• a comparison with like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4