Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

Giving human characteristics to something non-human.

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A comparison between two different things using "like" or "as."

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Extreme exaggeration used to make a point.

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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 different things without using "like" or "as."

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A repetition of words with the same first consonant sound.

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A brief, indirect reference to something that is significant in History, Culture, or Literature.

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

writing with descriptions rich in sensory words to create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind.

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A pair of lines in poetry of similar length that rhyme.

• couplet

• free verse

• narrative poetry

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A form of Japanese poetry with three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second has 7 syllables, and the third has 5 syllables.

• couplet

• free verse

• narrative poetry

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4