Poetry Terms

Personification

• A. Giving a non-human object human characteristics
• B. a comparison between two things that does not use the words “like” or “as”
• C. a comparison between things using “like” or “as”
• D. a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Alliteration

• A. Giving a non-human object human characteristics
• B. a comparison between two things that does not use the words “like” or “as”
• C. a comparison between things using “like” or “as”
• D. a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Metaphor

• A. Giving a non-human object human characteristics
• B. a comparison between two things that does not use the words “like” or “as”
• C. a comparison between things using “like” or “as”
• D. a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile

• A. Giving a non-human object human characteristics
• B. a comparison between two things that does not use the words “like” or “as”
• C. a comparison between things using “like” or “as”
• D. a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Onomatopoeia

• E. An exaggeration to make a point
• F. the repetition of the ending sounds of words
• G. vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
• H. a word that sounds like what it means

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Hyperbole

• E. An exaggeration to make a point
• F. the repetition of the ending sounds of words
• G. vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
• H. a word that sounds like what it means

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Rhyme

• E. An exaggeration to make a point
• F. the repetition of the ending sounds of words
• G. vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
• H. a word that sounds like what it means

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Imagery

• E. An exaggeration to make a point
• F. the repetition of the ending sounds of words
• G. vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
• H. a word that sounds like what it means

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Rhyme

• A. “Warm winds whipped through the willows”
• B. “ His heart pounded – a drum in his chest.”
• C. “Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.”
• D. “My mom will murder me if I use all of her cell phone minutes again!”

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Alliteration

• A. “Warm winds whipped through the willows”
• B. “ His heart pounded – a drum in his chest.”
• C. “Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.”
• D. “My mom will murder me if I use all of her cell phone minutes again!”

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4