Poetry Terms

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance

• allusion

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning consonant sound

• alliteration

• imagery

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• repetition

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a common phrase with a non-literal meaning

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

language that represents objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses

• idiom

• imagery

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

comparing two unlike things, saying one thing literally is another thing

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a word that imitates that natural sound of a thing, creating a sound effect

• allusion

• alliteration

• repitition

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

• personification

• simile

• allusion

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

using the same word or phrase multiple times for emphasis

• imagery

• repetition

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

making a comparison using the word "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D