Poetic Devices

A comparison using like or as

• pun

• symbolism

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a play on words, often seen as humorous

• simile

• pun

• symbolism

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Something that is used to express an abstract idea using an item, or gesture. Something that means more than what is directly seen.

• metaphor

• pun

• allusion

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A comparison between two things not using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• pun

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

An indirect reference to something or someone famous or well known

• pun

• symbolism

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A group of lines in a poem

• paragraph

• stanza

• phrase

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The pattern of end rhyme in a poem (at the end of lines). The pattern is charted by assigning a letter of the alphabet, beginning with the letter A, to each line.

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme

• rhythm

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line gives beat to the poem.

• stanza

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Repetition of sounds at the beginning of a word.

• alliteration

• allusion

• rhyme

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4