Poetic Devices

Alliteration is when...

• nearby words repeat the same beginning consonant
• words sound the same but mean different things
• words at the end of the lines rhyme
• a reference to another literary work

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed..."

• alliteration
• allusion
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure

• free verse 
• ode
• haiku
• prose

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a form of poetry that tells a story and has a setting, characters, and a plot 

• ode
• narrative poem
• rhyme
• haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the repetition of the same ending sound in two or more words

• rhyme
• rhythm
• consonance
• poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

rhymes within lines of poetry

• rhyme
• complete rhyme
• internal rhyme 
• end rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

rhymes at the ends of lines of poetry

• end rhyme
• internal rhyme
• complete rhyme
• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem or song 

• rhythm
• rhyme scheme 
• end rhyme
• internal rhyme 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A stanza is similar to a(n):

• Essay

• Paragraph

• Line

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The days crept by slowly, sorrowfully

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A