Poetic/Sound Devices

formal division of lines in a poem (similar to a paragraph)

• stanza

• free verse

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem, not necessarily the poet

• speaker

• symbolism

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

use of one thing that stands for or represents something else

• symbolism

• internal rhyme

• free verse

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader. It is created by using words that connect to the senses.

• imagery

• hyperbole

• rhyme scheme

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

it is a comparison of two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as".

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

It is a comparison of two seemingly things NOT using "like" or "as".

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

when a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.

• personification

• symbolism

• speaker

• end rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

it is an exaggeration or an overstatement.

• hyperbole

• consonance

• assonance

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

it is the repetition of the initial consonant sound.

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

It is the use of words that imitate sounds.

• onomatopoeia

• speaker

• internal rhyme

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.4.10