Poetic Devices

The use of images to represent deeper ideas or qualities

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Litotes

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

An observation that contains a general truth such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

• Aphorism

• Anaphora

• Assonance

• Asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

• Motif

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What term describes giving emphasis by claiming to say little or nothing about a subject?

• Anaphora

• Paralipsis

• Motif

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Identify the term that describes a comparison between two things that spans multiple sentences or paragraphs.

• Paragraphical Analogy

• Litotes

• Verbal Irony

• Extended Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

A word that is a sound. Example: Boom! Smash! Crash!

• Oxymoron

• Metonymy

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests is called?

• Denotation

• Annotation

• Connotation

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Two things being seen or placed close together for contrasting effect

• Assonance

• Juxtaposition

• Rhyme

• Synesthesia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The substitution of the name with an attribute of the thing meant, for example, 'suit' for business executive is called:

• Metonymy

• Asyndeton

• Allusion

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The poet's attitude about the subject of the poem

• tone

• theme

• free verse

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6