Poetic Devices (all)

The words an author chooses to introduce his/her work to the reader

• diction

• speaker

• title

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the voice we hear talking in the poem, the "I"

• narrator

• speaker

• poet

• character

Answer explanation

The speaker is NEVER the poet. And a narrator is in fiction (short stories), not poetry.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

the poetic device/literary term for words that give clear description of the way things smell, taste, sound, look, or feel

• description

• adjectives

• diction

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the literary terms for the author's opinion of the topic of writing

• emotion

• opinion

• tone

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the literary term related to author choice of words

to describe or convey meaning

• diction

• connotation

• denotation

• annotation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

language that is not meant to be taken literally

• literal

• fake

• description

• figurative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

several non literal techniques in poetry

that allow an author to emphasize description

• figurative language

• sound devices

• descriptive techniques

• similes

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

comparison technique saying one thing is like another

• simile

• metaphor

• analogy

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

comparison technique saying one thing is another thing

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

a description technique making extreme exaggeration for emphasis

• simile

• tall tale

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6