Figurative Language and Poetry Terms

A creative way to use words and phrases beyond their literal meaning to explain something.

• simile

• metaphor

• figurative language

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Words that sound the same or similar in their endings. Example: The mouse drove to his house.

• rhyme

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The main idea or point of a text.

• personification

• idiom

• summary

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

A figure of speech that is used to compare two things. Usually states that something IS something. Ex. My mouth is a volcano.

• rhyme

• stanza

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A group of lines arranged together in a pattern.

• line

• sentence

• stanza

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase or sentence.

• idiom

• line

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A single row of words in a poem.

• sentence

• line

• paragraph

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

When an author gives and animal or object human qualities.

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A phrase that means something different than it's literal meaning.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A figure of speech comparing two things using "like" or "as".

• metaphor

• rhyme

• poem

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D