Poetic Devices

The poet's attitude about the subject of the poem

• tone

• theme

• free verse

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Deliberate repetition of consonant sounds

• assonance

• alliteration

• dissonance

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

• metaphor

• imagery

• irony

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The gentle giant jumped in jubilation. 
This is an example of a/an: 

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Max is a pig when he eats.
This is an example of a/an: 

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The similarity of sound between words.

"The fat cat sat on the mat"

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A group of lines that form a unit in a poem.

• Line

• Stanza

• Word

• Idea

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The descriptive words and phrases that a writer uses to re-create sensory experiences.

"Gardens with well-groomed scents"

• Line

• Imagery

• Words

• Themes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The beat and pace of a poem, often created through the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• Rhyme

• Bass

• Rhythm

• Tempo

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A comparison between two unlike things where one thing is similar to another (using "like" or "as")

"Life is like a box of chocolates"

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D