Figurative language and literary devices for poetry packet

A comparison of two unlike items using the words "like" or "as".

• metaphor

• repetition

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human-like qualities to an animal, object or idea.

• personification

• symbolism

• imagery

• quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The passing of reference to something or someone to represent ideas or qualities.

• hyperbole

• symbolism

• rhyme

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings.

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning, middle or end of at least two words in a line of poetry.

• consonance

• assonance

• alliteration

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A pair of lines that rhyme; may be a poem in itself or part of a larger poem.

• form

• couplet

• rhyme scheme

• quatrain

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of at least two words in a line of poetry.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Figures of speech or vivid descriptions used to produce mental images; appeals to at least one of the five senses.

• allusion

• imagery

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An exaggerated statement used to make a point.

• hyperbole

• overreact

• assonance

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repetition of sound at the ends of words; often found in poetry.

• simile

• rhythm

• imagery

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4