Poetic Devices

The central main idea of the poem.

• Stanza

• Theme

• Message

• Line

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

A single line of poetry

• Line

• Stanza

• Verse

• Poetic Device

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

Comparing two things without using like or as; i.e. " The clouds are cotton balls in the sky."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Compare and Contrast

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

Comparing two things using the words like or as; i.e. "the surface of the water looked as smooth as glass."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Repeating something over and over again

• Alliteration

• Repeition

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Is the pattern of beats or stressed in a poem used to create a rhythm

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Beats

• Sounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Words that have the same ending sounds; i.e. "the tiny bird in the tree was singing songs just for me; " there are strange things done in the midnight sun

• Rhyme

• Patterns

• Beats

• Lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A figure of speech in which objects are given qualities;

i.e. "the sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds

• Hyperbole

• Personfication

• Simile

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

i.e. "a pesky mosquito buzzed around the head."

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Repetition of words with the same beginning sounds ; i.e. "Polly planted plenty of pansies."; "Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed."

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4