Poetry

hyperbole

• extreme exaggeration

• comparison between 2 unlike options NOT using like or as

• comparison between 2 unlike options that DOES use like or as

• play on the multiple meaning of 2 or more words

Tags

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direct metaphor

• extreme exaggeration

• a comparison between two unlike objects that does NOT use like or as and does directly state one thing is another

• a comparison between two unlike objects that does NOT use like or as and implies that one thing is another (does not directly state)

• a play on the multiple meaning of 2 words

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

implied metaphor

• extreme exaggeration

• a comparison between two unlike objects that does NOT use like or as to directly state one thing is another

• a comparison between two unlike objects that does NOT use like or as and implies that one thing is another (does not directly state)

• a comparison between two unlike objects that DOES use like or as to directly state one thing is another

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

personification

• extreme exaggeration

• a metaphor in which unhuman objects are given human characteristics

• a comparison between 2 unlike objects that DOES use like or as

• play on the multiple meanings of 2 or more words

Tags

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

simile

• reference to a person, place, character, etc. for history, music, literature, etc.

• a comparison between 2 objects things that DOES use like or as

• play on the multiple meanings of 2 or more words

• a metaphor in which unhuman objects are given human characteristics

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

oxymoron

• The use of same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together

• The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

• The use of contradictory terms found side by side to make a point

• a play on the multiple meanings of 2 or more words

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

onomatopoeia

• The use of same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together

• The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

• Language that appeals to the senses (taste, sight, touch, hear, smell)

• when the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

alliteration

• when the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different.

• The use of same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together

• Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture

• Language that appeals to the senses (taste, sight, touch, hear, smell)

imagery

• The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

• when the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different.

• Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture

• Language that appeals to the senses (taste, sight, touch, hear, smell)

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

assonance

• The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

• The use of same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together

• when the vowel sound within a word matches the same sound in a nearby word, but the surrounding consonant sounds are different.

• Language that appeals to the senses (taste, sight, touch, hear, smell)

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5