Poetry and Figurative Language Terms

to repeat sounds words, phrases or whole lines in a poem

• repetition

• rhyme scheme

• theme

• meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

pattern of rhymes, letter is assigned based on the end of the line, ex. ABAB

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

words that end in the same sound

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

the musical quality of a poem

• rhythm

• stanza

• tone

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

reader's emotion after reading a piece of literature

• tone

• mood

• theme

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

includes an exaggeration which couldn't possible happen in real life

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• adage

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

short, wise saying that offers advice or wisdom, believed to be true in culture

• adage/proverb

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

figure of speech that means something different than the words used

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the reader is able to create a picture in the reader's mind

• imagery

• hyperbole

• adage/proverb

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

concerning the author's attitude

• tone

• mood

• poetry

• feeling

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B