Poetic Devices

A direct comparison between two unlike things.

• metaphor

• simile

• allegory

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• allusion

• metaphor

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Words whose sounds suggest their meaning.

• theme

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

_____ are to poetry as paragraphs are to prose.

• stanzas

• theme

• tone

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The poem's attitude about a subject.

• tone

• theme

• verse

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Using words to create a mental picture.

• metaphor

• imagery

• alliteration

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The deliberate repetition of consonant sounds.

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The deliberate repetition of vowel sounds.

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme scheme

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 central idea or take away from a poem.

• tone

• theme

• allegory

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D