Poetic Devices Vocabulary Practice

A form of Japanese poetry that consists of three lines, in which there are five, seven and five syllables per line and is usually about nature.

• Haiku

• Lymeric

• Free Verse

• Ballad

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Giving human characteristics or traits to non-living things.

• Stanza

• Idiom

• Personifictation

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Words that sound like their meaning.

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the same words or phrases repeated more than once to make an idea clearer and more memorable.

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a common word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning but can be understood because of their popular use

• Idiom

• Personfication

• Alliteration

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

lines grouped together in a poem

• quatrain

• stanza

• Limerick

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

poems with a rhythm like everyday speech. Free verse poems do not follow any particular rhyme scheme and can vary in lines and stanzas.

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Free Verse

• Ballad

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of poetry

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5 line poem that is humorous and has the rhyme scheme AABBA.

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Ballad

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4