Literary Devices

A pattern of rhyming words in a poem (aabbcc)

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

To warn or indicate an event before it happens (a clue)

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The time, place, and environment

• Stanza

• Opening

• Hyperbole

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Comparison

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Comparing 2 unlike things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Comparison

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Giving human-like characteristics to a non-human thing

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Personification

• Peoplfying

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The message or lesson

• Hyperbole

• Story

• Theme

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Using something to stand for or represent something else

• Tone

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Language that uses the 5 senses to help create mental images

• Refrain

• Picturing

• Sensory

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The act of repeating (an event, word, sound, etc)

• Rhythm

• Repetition

• Simile

• Pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4